Well, I will know for sure in a few days. I hope that is the case. He is 7 years old 43 inches and about 1600 grams. How often would a bp that age and size shed? He was very thin and kind of neglected when I got him, and he has put on around 400 grams over the last 2 1/2 months. He was getting fed like once a month, he eats one medium rat for me every week no problem. He also switched over to f/t from live on the first attempt.