Pastel in and out of shed. (major DUW + feeding pic)

[pangolin]

This is my little '07 pastel guy, Riff Raff.

He's my first and (so far) only ball and a real sweetheart; not nippy at all, great feeding response. I picked him up three weeks ago, and today he shed for me for the first time.

A couple of nights ago, just clearing up from blue...



Around noon today I went to check on him... caught in the act!



As you probably can see he's had a bit of a shed mishap - there are what looks like missing scales in a patchy line along his back. He also had a rather large patch of skin flapping around on his head as well as some around his vent, but most of it came off in one piece.

A couple hours later I put him in a damp pillowcase for an hour, but the head patch refused to come off. Finally I took him out and checked up close, and it looks like there are more missing scales underneath. It's really stuck on there, so I'm just going to leave it.

Closeup of back:



Spotted shed:



Humidity is fine, there's nothing sharp in his tub. I'm not really certain why this happened, but I'm guessing that it stems from previous shedding/skin issues. When I took him home he had a large patch of dry scales on his head and some dull, rough scales along his back, which I notched up to retained shed. You can kind of see it on the first pic.

Being poked and prodded didn't phase him that much though, he downed a F/T mouse without hesitation this evening... MUNCH!



Hopefully he'll look a bit better after his next shed!

[LovemyBF]

Beautiful Pastel! : )

[FatBoy]

Tell him he's eating the rat the wrong way!!LOL

[waltah!]

Nice pics! You know that you won't be able to stop at just one, right?

[pangolin]

Beautiful Pastel! : )

Thanks!

Tell him he's eating the rat the wrong way!!LOL

Hehe! Yeah, it's the first time I've seen him do that. He seemed a bit confused over that big annoying tail on its face, wouldn't go down as easily.

Nice pics! You know that you won't be able to stop at just one, right?

Thanks! Yeah, unfortunately I'm not able to keep many reptiles right now, but I told hubby I'm probably gonna want a dedicated room for them some time in the future, including a BP rack! LOL! He looked something like this...

[slartibartfast]

I love his name! It just cries out for another one named Magenta. Tell your hubby you need a matching set. ;-)

[pangolin]

I love his name! It just cries out for another one named Magenta. Tell your hubby you need a matching set. ;-)

Indeed. Then I'll need a Brad and a Janet, a Columbia, an Eddie...

[ChrisBowsman]

Rocky Horror names would be sweet

I bet you'll be shivering in antici-pation of getting enough snakes to do that

[pangolin]

I has a hat?



That last bit of shed just won't come off.

Maybe it's a sign...

[starmom]

I has a hat?



That last bit of shed just won't come off.

Maybe it's a sign...

Best movie of all time