Shedding

[patientz3ro]

Right,he's just started to shed this morning,I've seen a few posts saying that they need help ? How would I know if he needs help,can I move his hide to make sure he's ok ? Does he need spraying ? Please help..

I'm a little late answering this one, as it seems he's already shed. I wanted to touch on this for future reference, though. As you probably figured out, intervention during shed isn't usually needed, assuming your temps and humidity are correct. In fact, it can actually injure your snake if you try peeling off shedding skin. If your snake has some retained skin post shed, you can wet a towel with warm water, and let him crawl through it.

I've tried to feed him every other day but he doesn't take What can I do ?

As someone else said, give him space for a few days, maybe a week. Then you can try again.

His been eating them according to the previous owner..

Medium is a bit subjective. Also, what he was doing when the previous owner had him may or may not be accurate. A good rule of thumb is to offer prey items that are the same thickness, or slightly larger than the thickest part of the snake.

How much does the snake weigh and how much does the rodent weigh?

I prefer this method over eyeballing the size compared to the snake, especially with a mouser who needs multiple mice per feeding. I feed a minimum of 10% of body weight. Some people will recommend a set feeding cycle, sometimes every 4 days, 7 days, whatever. Personally, I offer food whenever my snake starts cruising her tank more often. It's not easy to explain, but there's a difference between her normal exploration of the tank vs when she's on the hunt.


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