Our BP's eyes were blue last Wednesday, so I expected him to shed on Friday or Saturday. Since we went camping this weekend, I was bummed that I'd miss witnessing the event and fully expected to come home today (Sunday) to a mangled skin.

Made a beeline to Patriot when we got home, held him for a moment, and was surprised to see that he hadn't shed yet. Lo 'n' behold, about 4 hours after we got home, the shedding began! Got to see the whole process.

Surely our presence couldn't have had any effect or made any difference, could it? I just can't get over the coincidence of the timing of the shed. He had all weekend to shed in solitary peace, but instead did so as we were walking back and forth, putting camping stuff away.

Here's a picture taken early in the process (hide removed for camera access). Looks like he's eating himself, LOL!