Can ball pythons come out of shed without shedding?

[chrid16371]

The Ivory I brought home on Thursday was in shed and I fed him Friday and I just took him out to look for shed and poo and found nothing anywhere. He has no sign of shed anymore and I'm puzzled of why there's no shed anywhere.

Also another question, I have my rhp set to 91 on the ground and inside my large reptile basics hide is 87 most of the time, sometimes bumps to 88. Is that to cool inside the hide? Should I bump it up half a degree or one degree? I would think it would be warmer from heat build up inside the hide but I was wrong.

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[Eric Alan]

They go in blue, then clear up, then shed. It's the way the process works.

Your temps are fine.

[Morjean]

After going "blue" and looking all deep and heavy in shed, the snake will slowly clear up again and look almost like it's done shedding, whilst in reality they aren't quiet done yet ― Just give them some more time, they should be shedding soon! A nice documentation on the shedding process is here, with pictures and all, if you are interested

The warm hide should ideally be around 90°F, and the cool hide around 80°F, anything below 75° and above 95°F should be avoided according to most care sheets, so youre nice and right smack in the middle of that there! Just make sure you measure the temperature correctly, and if you have a temp gun, you can double check

EDIT: lmao i was beat to it here I'm too slow

[chrid16371]

I never see my snakes clear up lol probably bc there hiding and I leave them be. Is it possible not to clear up before they shed? My killer bee just shed and I checked up on her everyday during the process and never seen her clear up but this morning she left a nice ball of shed for me at the entrance of her hide, which I am excited about bc her last shed (first shed with me) was horrible.

I worry to much about my temps, they hide most of the time so inside the hide I have acurite probes as well as the outside and check at least 2 times a day with 3 temp guns and even though I know I'm good I like reassurance.

Morjean no problem someone beating you to it, the more people who reply saying the same thing as others reassures me even more!

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[Reinz]

Twice now in the past two years my adult BP went blue and then did Not shed at all. Humidity was in the high 60's to low 70's.

I have not experienced this with my Boas or Carpets.

Freaky



Elvira, Normal BP

[chrid16371]

Twice now in the past two years my adult BP went blue and then did Not shed at all. Humidity was in the high 60's to low 70's.

I have not experienced this with my Boas or Carpets.

Freaky:confusd

Yeah that's what it seems to be with this Ivory, but I could be wrong. I'll see in a few days. Usually I can see pieces of the shed starting to come off around the head of my others but not with him. He was just put into a new environment on Thursday while he had the obvious signs of shed, his humidity is being kept up around 70-75. His conditions are better then when my friend had him. I'm wondering if the change could of brought him out of it. I have no idea but if I don't find any shed here in a few days I'll be confused yet interested in how and why this could happen. It is very interesting how yours has done it twice. Is there any chance they could eat there shed? I know it's often normal for Leo's and beardies to do it but never heard of a bp eating there shed.

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[Reinz]

I don't believe that Elvira ate her shed. I live alone, don't work, and have sleeping problems. I check on my snakes many times during throughout 24 hours. It's not OCD , I just love watching them and seeing what they are up to.

As to why there was a false positive shed, I don't know. I guess some physiological signal or endogenous chemical triggered it to start and or stop.