Last Step Before Shedding!

[Rbeckwood1]

Hey guys! My ball python has completed each step towards shedding. Her eyes is clear and I can tell that the shed is ready to come off but she hasn't attempted to start shedding. I was wondering if I should go ahead and soak her in warm water? Her humidity has been 70-80% throughout the process. So should I soak her or let her be? She's been ready to shed for about 3days after she completed the steps.

[Rikoku]

Let her be, mine sometimes takes like 5 or 6 days after the eyes go clear to shed.

[jmcrook]

I'd just let her be. I find that mine usually shed between 3-5 days after their eyes clear up. If the humidity was between 70-80% as you said then she should do fine.


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[Rbeckwood1]

Okay thanks & what about feeding? She hasn't eaten in about 9days. She's almost 5months.

[Rbeckwood1]

How should I go about feeding? This is pretty much her first shed with me. I haven't bothered to try to feed her throughout this process.

[Rikoku]

Okay thanks & what about feeding? She hasn't eaten in about 9days. She's almost 5months.

Some BP's will eat in shed (both of mine will) but some wont eat when in shed, offer her food and if she doesn't take it, wait till after she sheds.

[redshepherd]

No need to soak her at all. Ball pythons who aren't already having troubles shedding/have stuck shed should never need to be soaked. She will shed just fine with 70% humidity!

It's actually counterproductive if you soak her before a shed, because it washes off the oils that their body built up to prepare for the shed. (Where did this soaking before a shed rumor start from?)

9 days without food for a 5 month old is also totally fine. But all my BP's now and in the past have eaten during shed no problem. Only some bp's refuse to eat when in shed.

[Dezoruba]

How should I go about feeding? This is pretty much her first shed with me. I haven't bothered to try to feed her throughout this process.

You never need to soak her unless she fails to shed on her own.

I'd personally wait till after she sheds until you attempt to feed- only one out of my 6 BPs will eat while in shed and it's fine if they skip a meal every once in a while.

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