Feeding juvenile while in blue/shedding

[CloudtheBoa]

Hold up I have some examples.

First sign of shed, back in 2014. He did not yet have a pink belly, and I was really going back and forth as to if he was really in shed. It had been almost a week since I had last had him out at the time, so I wasn't sure when he started to show.

I'm not sure if anyone can see the weird sheen I'm talking about? His skin also has less elasticity, so the way his skin folds at the bends is a lot more gradual, lending a lean look to him. (At the time I thought he may have been underweight.)



vs his normal sheen and look at the time. Notice how in the picture above, all parts of his body are equally shiny, here the sheen is mostly focused on his dark areas and his background color is slightly lighter.



This picture was taken 3 days after the first one, which is when his belly turned pink. I was checking him every day because I couldn't tell if he was in shed or not, and that's when I learned their bellies turn pink. XD I believe I posted on another forum, thinking he may have been burned.



The following day, he started to turn opaque.



4 days after that, he turned fully blue, and finally, 5 days after that he shed. Total of 13+ days in that particular instance, but I've had him go as long as 3-4 weeks before. (Also notice the weird way the scales on his head separate? That's also a good indicator of a shed, even before they go blue.)