Hi there!
My BP Sally just shed for me for the second time. The shed went beautifully and in one nice piece. There are no dull scales or shed pieces or any issues really. I kept his humidity between 70 and 80 for the time of the shed. Now and normally his humidity is 55-60 and his temps are 90 basking, 80-82 ambient and 78 cool end. He has three hides (one hot side, one cold side, one in the middle with damp moss in it). I’m using thermostat regulated UTH on the hot side and a heat lamp to keep the ambient up.
So now to the question. I had him for almost two months in which time he hadn’t refused any meals (rat pups 10-15% of his weight every 6 days) in fact he strikes at his food the second it hits the tank (I feed frozen thawed). He pooped twice so far. First time when he shed first time and second time on August 3rd. I was expecting him to poop during this shed since they seem to tend to do that but he didn’t (?) so it has been 26 days since he pooped and he has like 5 rats in him. Is it too early to worry or should I somehow induce the pooping? He seems to be healthy and happy so I’m not too stressed out about it I was just wondering at what point should I interfere in these poop matters?
And here’s the pic of my freshly shed BP baby
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