I've heard as babies it's like 1 time a month and as adults every 3 months or so. I'm asking cause my Ghost has shed exactly 1 time a month the last few months since I got him. He fully shed last on Nov9 and before that was Oct8.
2 days ago i picked him up and I looked at his belly and it looked weird an off white color,same again last night,so I put him back in his tank. I just got Home from work and went to go check on him now and well his belly is full pink and he is dull and pale again. Exactly how he gets before shed. But it's only 2 1/2 weeks later.
Is it normal for a snake to shed faster than1 time a month. He seems to be growing at an insane pace and is taking down rat weanlings like nothing. I actually fed him a small rat the other day instead of weanling ( which was an accident,I was in a rush when I bought the rat) was a bit to big,but he was boss and swallowed it and 3 days later looked like he had ate nothing.
is it possible he is growing at a faster rate than normal? I was shocked when I took him out and he was pale like he was. So I just now added damp sphagnum moss to the tank. Make sure humidity stays up. I've finally got my humidity to pretty much maintain 50-60 and maybe just adding the moss will bump it up to 70, if not I'll do some extra misting,no biggie. He is in a tank so it takes a little maintenance daily,no more than 5 mins worth to keep the humidity At 60. Hes 18" appx and I weighed him yesterday he was 400 grams and I believe he is only about 5 months old,I'm assuming. I forgot to ask when I purchased him,how old he was. But he was about 100 gram when I got him.
thnk,Jay
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