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VixxishRoo

VixxishRoo

amo i miei serpenti
i'm slightly new to the cornsnake caring thing. my brother rescues reptiles and snakes from people who don't want them anymore and i fell in love with Kala and Polo.

i got Polo first. he's an amelanistic male and he's 4 feet 3 inches long. we have no idea how old he is but from what i've read i'd have to say at least 3 years. i had him by himself for the longest time. probably roughly 6 or 7 months...and then i saw Kala. she's a black cornsnake. i thought at first she was a charcoal but when i took her to see the reptile vet we have here... he said she was a black cornsnake and rhymed off a latin word that i don't remember. anyways...polo took a good liking to Kala and they now share a tank. Polo recently shed...maybe 2 weeks ago. and now that Kala is getting ready to shed, Polo looks like he's getting ready to shed all over again. is this normal or should i seperate them while she's shedding? :shrugs:

any information you could give me would be a great help. thanks!
 
Sorry, your post is too hard to read. Some of us are old you know :grin01:
You'll get better response leaving the text alone
 
The vet called her ANERYTHRISTIC which means 'missing red'. Shedding back to back could mean mites or irritation or it just could mean the snake is having a growth spurt.

I agree with Mike...please leave the text colour at one we can read...It'll help you get a lot more responses.
 
Oh, I just re-read and saw that you're housing them together. Did you quarantine the new snake for 3 months before introducing them? It's not a rule...but it is advisable. She could have given him something that is accelerating his shed rate.
 
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sorry i didn't know it'd be so light colored. but yes i quarantined her for 3 months before putting them together in the tank.



i'm slightly new to the cornsnake caring thing. my brother rescues reptiles and snakes from people who don't want them anymore and i fell in love with Kala and Polo.

i got Polo first. he's an amelanistic male and he's 4 feet 3 inches long. we have no idea how old he is but from what i've read i'd have to say at least 3 years. i had him by himself for the longest time. probably roughly 6 or 7 months...and then i saw Kala. she's a black cornsnake. i thought at first she was a charcoal but when i took her to see the reptile vet we have here... he said she was a black cornsnake and rhymed off a latin word that i don't remember. anyways...polo took a good liking to Kala and they now share a tank. Polo recently shed...maybe 2 weeks ago. and now that Kala is getting ready to shed, Polo looks like he's getting ready to shed all over again. is this normal or should i seperate them while she's shedding?

any information you could give me would be a great help. thanks!
 
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