Re: The Shedding Process
Our female Darla shed about 3 weeks ago. She's so gentle she let my husband and I handle her with no problems. Dopey Doughnut, our newest addition, freaked when I soaked him. They told us at Petsmart that both snakes had just shed... don't know whether to believe them or not. Dopey was very thin, but the other ball was thinner. Well two weeks ago Dopey started to get darker and his eyes got cloudy. He started becoming shyer and would freak at the slightest thing poor boy. I had to soak him with a rag cause as soon as my little doughnut's tail touched the warm water he freaked and went head first into the water! It wasn't deep just a CM but all the same... he was going ballistic (poor little guy) Anyway... I soaked a rag in the warm water and repti-shed wrapped him up and just pet him. Then after about 15 minutes I put him back in the terrarium.
Darla is a sweetheart and will let you do anything... Dopey is one very shy jittery little boy. Love both my snakes though.
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