About the shed

DEKAN · 09-25-2007, 01:15 PM

Well.

Yesterday my snake was with its eyes totally white...so I said finally a piece of shed...well, today she's with new skin... by the way getting darker everyday

But no sign of the shed...could she eat her own shed?

Really...not even a clue on the whole tank =(

And the babies too...not one shed

GrapefruiTgirl · 09-25-2007, 01:21 PM

She could have eaten it, but not too likely.
Are you SURE she has shed? The eyes clear up for a day or so before the shedding actually happens. I just witnessed the first shed of my snakie, and before she did it, I thought she already had. Then that evening, I saw the old skin under some 'furniture' in her tank, and removed it..
Adding some humidity to the tank can help the snake shed more easily, if it's about to. I placed a damp towel in my tank for a couple days, and ended up with a perfect, one-piece skin.

DEKAN · 09-25-2007, 01:34 PM

Yep...her eyes are clear now. The skin looks more... mmm how can I explain, the stripes are more colorful, the head looks shinny...and the rest of the body is matte (really dark green). Yesterday she didn't want food...today she finished all of it. I have a "lake" on my terrarium, so the humidity is fine...I guess

enigma200316 · 09-25-2007, 01:49 PM

I've seen it get buried under substrate and tucked into corners or cracks, and as of a matter of fact, I found one of the babies sheds under the hide last night................so I'd either keep looking or maybe she hasn't yet...
although anything is possible and maybe she did eat it, you just have to
look every where and if you don't find it just asume she ate it.....

Sid · 09-25-2007, 02:59 PM

If her eyes were still clouded over yesterday, she probably has not shed yet. The eyes clear up first with the body remaining dull looking for a few day, then the shed.

adamanteus · 09-25-2007, 03:56 PM

It sounds to me as though she hasn't shed yet.

ssssnakeluvr · 09-25-2007, 05:00 PM

they usually shed 2-3 days after the eyes clear up, sometimes one day.....

09-25-2007, 01:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
DEKAN "First shed In Progress" Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 99 Country:	About the shed Well. Yesterday my snake was with its eyes totally white...so I said finally a piece of shed...well, today she's with new skin... by the way getting darker everyday But no sign of the shed...could she eat her own shed? Really...not even a clue on the whole tank =( And the babies too...not one shed

09-25-2007, 01:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
GrapefruiTgirl "First shed In Progress" Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 98 Country:	Re: About the shed She could have eaten it, but not too likely. Are you SURE she has shed? The eyes clear up for a day or so before the shedding actually happens. I just witnessed the first shed of my snakie, and before she did it, I thought she already had. Then that evening, I saw the old skin under some 'furniture' in her tank, and removed it.. Adding some humidity to the tank can help the snake shed more easily, if it's about to. I placed a damp towel in my tank for a couple days, and ended up with a perfect, one-piece skin.

09-25-2007, 01:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
DEKAN "First shed In Progress" Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 99 Country:	Re: About the shed Yep...her eyes are clear now. The skin looks more... mmm how can I explain, the stripes are more colorful, the head looks shinny...and the rest of the body is matte (really dark green). Yesterday she didn't want food...today she finished all of it. I have a "lake" on my terrarium, so the humidity is fine...I guess

09-25-2007, 01:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
enigma200316 Basilisk (The King of all Serpents) Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: northwestern, PA Posts: 1,908 Country:	Re: About the shed I've seen it get buried under substrate and tucked into corners or cracks, and as of a matter of fact, I found one of the babies sheds under the hide last night................so I'd either keep looking or maybe she hasn't yet... although anything is possible and maybe she did eat it, you just have to look every where and if you don't find it just asume she ate it..... __________________ Justin 1.1 similis 0.0.1 parietalis 1.0 sirtalis

09-25-2007, 02:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sid Thamnophis Addict Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,801 Country:	Re: About the shed If her eyes were still clouded over yesterday, she probably has not shed yet. The eyes clear up first with the body remaining dull looking for a few day, then the shed. __________________ Sid 9.14 T. s sirtalis, 2.2. T. s pinkeringii, 1.1 T. e vagrans, 1.1 T. s parietalis, 1.0 T. s sackenii- Peninsular Ribbon

09-25-2007, 03:56 PM	#6 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 8,465 Country:	Re: About the shed It sounds to me as though she hasn't shed yet. __________________ James.

09-25-2007, 05:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
ssssnakeluvr "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,179 Country:	Re: About the shed they usually shed 2-3 days after the eyes clear up, sometimes one day..... __________________ Don www.donsgartersnakes.net

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