This one's a long one.
So I came home today from college because my mom called the other night to say that Jumbi was already shedding. I was SO confused! I missed the entire process and I thought he was just starting the process
That being said, I wasn't able to raise the humidity early enough, and since this is my first time experiencing the shedding process, it was a bad one. I came home to a huge mess and a huge poop.
Luckily his head shed came off nicely with the eye caps included
So to assist with his shed, I took Bill's advice on the warm wash cloth trick and let him slither around in it. I had to rub it gently and it came off without a problem. This was him before:
And after I peeled the banana:
He looks fresh from the farmer's market!
I also had to do an entire cage clean (it was due anyway). I didn't have enough reptibark to cover the floor, so I decided to cover about 1/3 of the area with sphagnum moss and change it up a bit:
The log will have to go soon. He uses it perfectly fine to thermoregulate, but he's quickly outgrowing it:
A whopping 232g empty! Now he's back in his clean terrarium and napping the night away:
Nothing better than a fresh banana. Next time will be a better shed!
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