Quote Originally Posted by Kconvy View Post
Thank you Daniel. We (my 7 yr old daughter) have our very first baby Bp aka Snakey, about 20" long now. We got him from Petsmart and he was real skinny. We've had him for two months now and he is getting nice and fat! We'll we took him for a bath and his eyes looked hazy. We put the humidity chamber (Rubbermaid bowl with moss) in his enclosure and the next morning he went in there. It's been three days and he hasn't come out. According to your article, he may stay in there the whole time...14 days? Should we just wait for him to come out? Is there a time when we should start to be concerned?

Kim and Madeline


Ball pythons will often stay hiding for their entire shed cycle. It is best to just leave them alone at this time since they are probably very uncomfortable!

Hold off on the bath next time. All they need from you during a shed cycle is increased humidity. Soaking before a shed can actually cause a bad shed sometimes since it strips the oils on the skin that they use for shedding.

It is okay to check on him every day or two just to make sure he is still in there and breathing! lol I get paranoid about my little ones