Just A Ques

[new2BP]

Last week my BP went through his shedding procedure, and when it came time to fed him, he was not interested in eating. That was last tuse, now late last week he completed his shed and when it came time to feed him, which is evrey tuse, I weighed him and took measurements which i always do before i feed him. And i noticed that over those two weeks that he did not eat he lost 20g's, even thought i did feed him 2 tuse's ago? Is this normal considering that he never ate in two weeks? Or should i have a reason to be conscerned?

And one more ques, i noticed that after he had shed, on his new skin down around her butt there was something there that looked like blood, that was a couple of days ago, but i looked for it again yesterday but it was not there. Anybody know what that might be caused from?

And last not but not least, what do u guys like to use as the best colour of background to use when u take pictures of your BP'S??

[Adam_Wysocki]

Considering the fact that your snake is going to live 20+ years, if you're going to sweat weight gain and loss like you've been, you're going to drive yourself nuts!!! ... LOL ... Relax, snakes gain, snake lose, they are animals, don't try and "figure them out", just let them do their thing.

Blood around the cloaca is normal post shed. During the shedding process, skin is actually shed from inside the cloaca and there is sometimes a little blood when it's pulled out.

-adam

[J-Ro]

I posted on my Bro's Name by mistake, but anyways im not so concerned about the weight issue, 20 g's isnt alot, but i was just checkin to make sure, but anyways, Thank u for clearin the blood issue up for me, that issue i was very concerned about.

[rabernet]

Blood around the cloaca is normal post shed. During the shedding process, skin is actually shed from inside the cloaca and there is sometimes a little blood when it's pulled out.

-adam

Wow! You learn something new every day. I never realized that some of the shed comes from inside the cloaca!