Impending shed

[Smynx]

Just thought I'd share. Zephyr is preparing for his first shed in my care. Note the telltale grey-blue eyes. My little boy is growing up!

[Marla]

What a pretty fade! More pics.

[JLC]

Neat picture, Smynx! (And an even neater snake!)

[Smynx]

He is a very neat snake, Judy. Pictures don't do him justice. He's very iridescent, and his belly is a little more orange than it looks in the photo. He feels like a silk cord when I'm holding him and he's running through my fingers and up my arm. I wish I had more photos to share, Marla, but the little guy is almost never still, so he makes it really difficult to get good shots of him. I keep trying though. I'll post them when I have them.

[beaglegod]

Hes very cool looking smynx.Looks.........fast! Lets see him right after that shed with some brand new skins

[Smynx]

I'll do my best, Beagle. By the way, I'm with Marla - your avatar is too funny. James Brown is the hardest working man in . . . a bathrobe.

[beaglegod]

well I figured if we are goin gangta with the avatars, cant leave out the godfather of soul can we?

Say it loud smynx, say it loud.

[Marla]

I wish I had more photos to share, Marla, but the little guy is almost never still, so he makes it really difficult to get good shots of him. I keep trying though. I'll post them when I have them.

I'll try not to hold it against you. Seriously, though, he's a cool-looking little guy. Maybe you need to make videos of him to get stills from.

[pimp_n_python]

good call marla!!
how old is he/she?????
and whats it feeding on?

Make sure the humidity is nice and high for your lil guy so he can have a good shed. Aspen isn't really the best substrate to keep high-humidity snakes on because it molds easily when wet and this of course can cause several health problems. IMO the best way to go about this would be a newspaper or paper towel base substrate and then an appropriately-sized moist hide box (I use an old, but clean butter tub for my Savu) filled with moist sphagnum moss.