sucessfull shed

[eternalfrost]

got my first shed last night. full single piece! had the little guy about 2 weeks now, ws getting sort of worried because he refused feed and ws generally acting mean and reclusive.

went to clean the cage today and found a knotted up shed inside his hide.

he looks so BEAUTIFUL first time ive seen him on a fresh shed and the colors are just stunning compared to before, really deep blacks and sparkling golds.

when i handled him today he was all over the place! crawling all up and down my arm, even decided to chill like a bracelet for like 20 min, i couldnt get him to let go! heh. much mor healthy and happer personality then befor where he would just glare ate you and curl up if you just looked at him

[eternalfrost]

sorry for the crummy pic it dosent do justice at all, just a crapy cellphone camera


http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/7...5072207wk3.jpg

[bearhart]

congrats and cool snake!

yea, shedding can make them kind of cranky.

[eternalfrost]

is it odd that he shed inside his hide? i thought they generally did that out in the open? i guess its not a big deal at all just wondering. found the shed inside his hide with him ther too. all knotted up like a shoelace

[bearhart]

no not odd at all. Mine does it that way most of the time. I caught him shedding once while he was in his hide. I could only see a part of his body, but I could see that he was coiled up but somehow going round and round like he was on a turnstyle. Each time around I would see the skin pass by and it would be a bit farther down his body.