• Hello!

    Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.

    Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....

    Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.

    Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.

How Long?

cornsnakemaster28

cornsnakemaster28

New member
OK I've been asking a lot of questions these past few days. but how long should the shedding process last? When mine sheds it takes about 1 week? Is this fine is this normal? I'm just trying to know more!
 
I think it really depends on their size. What I've seen in my two, is that as they get bigger, it takes them longer to go through the whole process. From the time they first look dull until they actually shed. When I first got my normal he was only 10 grams and it took him probably a week total. My amel, who is now 130 grams, takes nearly 2 weeks to go from dull to shed. That's been my experience.
 
I agree completely with Bobos Mama. My little one takes about a week and sheds once a month, while my older male sheds every 2-3 months and it takes him like 2 weeks!!! Size and age are always factors but one week to shed does not seem like anything to worry about.
 
Are you talking the entire process of going blue to the actual shed? Then yes, about a week. If you're talking about actual shedding, I've never had a snake take more than one evening, and usually not more than a couple of hours to shed completely. This includes my arboreals. It shouldn't take a week for your snakes to shed. The humidity is too low if that's the case.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top