Shedding Question

[Bogertophis]

Oh I know it. I've been dreading the first shed because I was sure my humidity was not where it needed to be and was worried I'd have issues. I was relieved to see it had all come off. Also kinda relieved that he ate last Friday too, I see a lot of folks say they go off food when shed time comes around but he ate like a champ.

And now you know why snakes go 'off feed' when in shed, apart from the fact that in nature it's risky for them to try to hunt when they cannot see well. There are other signs* that a snake is going into shed...you'll get better at detecting them with practice. (*I can often tell even just from photos, just from the way their skin folds look...it's a texture difference, a thickening that's obvious once you know what to look for, that precedes the more obvious clouding. Also, you often can also see a "double edge" on their scutes- the wide tummy scales. So it's not just obvious from their eyes.)

Digestion + good hydration = good digestion
Shedding + good hydration = good shed
Digestion + shedding = iffy results