Beginning stages of shedding?

[adamanteus]

Josh is right of course. It's fine to hold him straight after a shed. Good idea to feed him too.

[Kurly1]

How much do snakes normally grow when they shed? Is it about the same amount for every shed or does it just depend on each indivdual snake?

[adamanteus]

Growth rate can be effected by various factors: the age of the snake, envionmental temperature, size and frequency of meals. Plus, as you say, they are all individual.

[Kurly1]

That's what I thought. I also noticed that his color is a little different. We can see more of a green tint to his scales that we didn't see before. Not a lot different but we do see some changes. Will the color change more and more with each shed or do they pretty much stay the same color?

[Josh]

the same.
they aree kool when the shed

[adamanteus]

In some species/sub-species the colours do intensify as the snake matures, tetrataenia and similis being obvious examples.

[Elliot]

Originally Posted by Josh

its a good way to measure them too.

Just remember that the skin is stretched a little.

[Stefan-A]

The skin stretches a lot. My snake's first shed was about 20 cm longer than the snake itself. I still have the skin, but I already measured it a few times before I was convinced it wasn't just my imagination.

[LushLulu85]

Originally Posted by Kurly1

That's what I thought. I also noticed that his color is a little different. We can see more of a green tint to his scales that we didn't see before. Not a lot different but we do see some changes. Will the color change more and more with each shed or do they pretty much stay the same color?

the colour will become more and more brighter as they shed more and more until it comes to shed again and they will seem a little darker.
congratulations on the shed.
when mine had their first shed my dad told me to put a little oil on it to stop it drying out but i cant remember what type and also becareful not to rip it lol i have managed to rip about 4 sheds lol

[Kurly1]

Originally Posted by Stefan-A

The skin stretches a lot. My snake's first shed was about 20 cm longer than the snake itself. I still have the skin, but I already measured it a few times before I was convinced it wasn't just my imagination.

I noticed that too when we removed the skin from his cage. At the time he was curled up in his hide and I thought "oh my goodness, from the looks of his skin, he is going to be huge!" I must admit, when he did come out of his hide I was happy to see that he hadn't grown as much as I thought he did.

His skin stayed intact and my son has already put it in his scrapbook (which is really a photo album I gave him. It has the plastic protector sheets on each page). I hope it will be okay in that.