How to tell with red eyes when it is about to shed?.

[Holly12]

Hi everyone I was wondering how can you tell with a corn snake that has red or pink eyes is going into sheding? With the brown eyes they turn like a blueish white but with the red eyes how do they change?. Anyone that can help me on this would be appreciated thanks.

 

[Karoni]

I have a sunglow. I know when she's starting the shedding process because her colors get very dull. She turns quite pale for such a vibrantly colored snake. Hope this helps.

 

[beautifullywild77]

My snow and amel's eye will turn really cloudy pink!

 

[Christen]

They will turn pink. It can be a little harder to tell by the eyes on red eyes snakes. I am assuming your asking because of your amel and most the time on them you can tell by their body because they usually turn pink. Here is one of my kids. They are not all this dramatic but you can see that there is a definite body change.

In blue


Normal

 

[Holly12]

Okay thank you all yes this does help beacuse I have always wonder this thank you all for the help.

 

[toxiclight]

My snow is incredibly hard to tell when she's blue...it seems a very narrow window at times for the cloudy eyes, and she doesn't necessarily look any duller because she's very pale otherwise. I can, however, tell she's going into shed cycle from her behavior. which is significantly different. She's a fairly active snake, and loves being out and about, climbing around her viv. When she starts hiding 24/7, I know she's heading into shed.

If you happen to miss the eyes, maybe use behavior as a backup indicator?

 

[Holly12]

My snow is incredibly hard to tell when she's blue...it seems a very narrow window at times for the cloudy eyes, and she doesn't necessarily look any duller because she's very pale otherwise. I can, however, tell she's going into shed cycle from her behavior. which is significantly different. She's a fairly active snake, and loves being out and about, climbing around her viv. When she starts hiding 24/7, I know she's heading into shed.

If you happen to miss the eyes, maybe use behavior as a backup indicator?

True the behavior will tell me otherwise thank you for thinking of that.

 

[Karoni]

My snow is incredibly hard to tell when she's blue...it seems a very narrow window at times for the cloudy eyes, and she doesn't necessarily look any duller because she's very pale otherwise. I can, however, tell she's going into shed cycle from her behavior. which is significantly different. She's a fairly active snake, and loves being out and about, climbing around her viv. When she starts hiding 24/7, I know she's heading into shed.

If you happen to miss the eyes, maybe use behavior as a backup indicator?

Good point! My snakes do that, too. I didn't think to put that in my post, above.

 

[visceralrepulsion]

At times, it's very hard to tell when a red-eyed snake goes into the shedding phase. This varies from snake to snake. Some may get completely foggy-eyed where no retina or pupil is visible, or like the picture below of my Snow in "blue" below, it can be just a faint foggyness. Overall, I would look for any foggyness to the eyes, and watch for behavior like becoming less active, or becoming flighty when being picked up or handled. However, now all snakes have any behavioral attributes when shedding either, like my two snakes who act perfectly normal. *shrugs* Good luck.

 

[visceralrepulsion]

woops, *not all snakes have any behavioral attributes*, is what i meant to say

 

[Cat_Eyed_Lady]

This was answered in your other thread about what they looked like when they are about to shed..... I remember because I was one of the ppl to answer you

 

[hypnoctopus]

My amel's red eyes turn pale pink. Here's a picture!

And here she is right after shedding: