Well, our BP had his first shed since we owned him. He's just a young BP and we've only had for about 6 weeks now.

Last Monday we noticed that he hadn't come out of his hide for 2 days. So I opened his hide to see if things were all right. I noticed he looked a bit dull and I decided to boost the humidity a bit figuring he was going into "shed mode". Saturday night he still hadn't come out so I opened his hide and pulled him out only to find him with eyes FULLY hazed and REAL dull looking. I carefully placed him back, luckly not getting bit. I kept up the extra misting until tonight Thursday. I decided to open the hide and BEHOLD inside his hide was a shed. 100% intact, all in one piece, and no eye caps retained!!!!

I moved him a bit and he was REAL defensive, never striking, but REALLY annoyed. I figured he would've shed some night outside his hide???

Questions, why is he so shy and wanting to hide all the time? He was always out and about in the evenings.

Is there a period of time after a shed that you should not hold them?

Also, he missed his last feeding because he was in his hide during this shed period. He's about 9 days now since his last meal. How should I start up his feeding schedule again? Wait for him to start looking around for food or pull him out and show him a hopper?