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Hi! I am new in the forum. I got my baby cornsnake 2 months ago. She was very active and was eating very well from the beggining. I am feeding her 1 pinkie every 6 days. After her last meal, she hided as usual but she didn't got out after 24-48 hours. I thought it was time for her to shed since I know that normally they should shed every 4-6 weeks (and she has gone for 8 weeks without shed!) but the truth is that she hasn't shed yet. I haven't handled her in 10 days. She has darker colours and I thought I saw that the eyes were a little bit milky but not too much. Today the eyes were ok but still not very active. I offered her one pinkie and she ate it without problems. She doesn't seem to have any respiratory problems....

So to summarize:
-She has been hided for the last 10 days (ususally she is very active)
-Not sure if she is going to shed or not!
-I fed her today and she took the pinkie.

Could she be too weak because I am not feeding her enough? Should I feed her with at least 2 pinkies at this point? I don't know the age but she has been with me for 2 months and she was small when I bought her.

She lives in a 30 gallon tank with heat mat (temp 82 max in warm side and 70 in cold side).

Can anyone give me some advice? I hope she is just shedding...but it is taking a long time and she never hides for so long. I don't know what to think anymore! Thanks in advance for your help!
 
I would say she's probably going to shed. It can take a couple of weeks to complete a shed cycle, but if she ate and her eyes were clear it'll happen in a couple of days i would think. I feed hatchlings every 5 days, but 6 is fine. If you post a picture of her we could better advise you on what size to feed her. Basically if the pinkie is still leaving a lump in her and it lasts for 48 hours then that's fine. If there isn't much of a food lump or it goes within 24 hours or so then move up to 2 pinks.
Welcome!
 
Thank you marieK! I hope she is going to shed and soon! at least she has eaten....I think I can give her 2 pinkies because I don't see a lump after 48 hours. I can try next time. I will wait and see if she sheds.

Here you have a pic. The quality is not very good but at least you can have an idea of the size. I can try to take a new one because this was taken a few weeks ago.

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She finally shed! I think it was a complete shed, hope tomorrow she will be active and willing to go out so that I can check if there is something still attached to her.
Thank you for your reply and advice!

I have taken a pic of the skin:

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