Hey Guys!
Not Sure if it's me or my snake. I feel that it might be mainly me and my impatience with the shed. About six weeks ago I was pretty sure Roxy was deep into shed, she's of a lighter color so its tough to tell. Hiding a bunch, nervous behavior and lots of time in her humid hide. Then the pink belly and the 'struggle' dance that looked way painful as if she was growing in front of me. Still I was waiting for the shed but could not find anything. She still seemed dull in her color but also seemed to be hunt mode. Since she didn't feed for two weeks I thought maybe a meal would help her bust through. It did not or I still couldn't find the shed skin.
Her behavior became odd again in a way that her senses were affected similar to shed behavior and I feared that I jumped the gun so I put her back in fast mode. Jump ahead another couple weeks although she's jumpy she is not going into any other hide but her cool side and all night as I've seen she's half in and half out of that particular. There is plenty of foliage/coverage above that hide but I can tell she's impaired, almost fearful and not her curious self. But she’ll stay like that in a hunting/hide position for hours so....… i fed her again. When she was working the rat in i could tell (or it seemed) that it was loosing some old skin around her mouth but a couple days later no change or skin.I've been keeping the humidity super high 70-90% most of the day, warm hide 84-88degrees and cool side hide 73-77degrees while maintaining ambient temp of 78-82.
The only change on my part aside from keeping the humidity so high for so long is that i've been using a split unit most of the day to keep the living space at a reasonably warm temp so not to give her the chills but it is significantly warmer in the basement since winter or at least consistently so.
I do need upgrade her hides soon, she can snuggly fit he whole body in but there is no doubt within a couple months I will need to go bigger.
Should I be concerned with this behavior? Should I resume a normal schedule or put her back in fast? Why all of a sudden she’s almost fearful of her other hides? I can find any waste and the temperatures seem fine at least with the temp gun and gauges I have. Should I be taking additional action or leave her be?
Her enclosure is due for a cleaning soon and was going to move away from the aspen cause, well it sucks especially for a basement situation during a New York winter. But I would like to do it soon so I can properly regulate everything before I go away at the end of January to give my sister/caretaker a low stress experience in monitoring her needs while I am away.
I appreciate the help.
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