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Shed under hibernation

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Karolina25

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My female Snow did shed under the hibernation, is this normal ?

I'm a little bit worried that she wont shed again for a long time, so I can breed her.

It was 1½ months since I woke them up .... and I've feed her with 14 days intervals.

My female Sunglow had her shed for some days ago ... and she've been feed like my Snow.

My english is not perfect, but I hope you understand my question :)
 
If she's eating she'll grow. If she's growing she'll shed. Don't worry to much. It can take 2 month or more.

Whether shedding during hibernation is normal, I don't know. Haven't heard of it yet.

Acradon
 
Welcome to the site.

From what I have been told, it isn't that abnormal for a corn to shed while in hibernation/brumation. But the process takes long for the snake to shed as you prob found out.

Alex
 
I have several females every year shed during brumation. I usually try to work them into the breeding cycle with the rest of the females that have shed normally after brumation.

A few of the females show absolutely no interest in mating till they shed, sometimes it's the males that show no interest in the female. I have a feeling that the females readiness really depends on thier state of ovulation. Most of the time it occurs at the same time as the first shed.

My opinion is to go ahead and introduce your snakes. They will most likely hook up. Do this several times over the next month to insure they mate at the prime time. You can usually feel the ovulation, it feels like eggs developing in the back half of the female. If you let her slide back into her enclosure, you can feel the bump, bump, bump with your fingers (do this very lightly).

P.S. My females will start rejecting the male if they have been bred successfully. When they start refusing the male, I prepare the cage for the eggs to come.
 
I had 2 females shed during brumation, both have bred successfully (during the same time as most of the other females) and one has had her pre-lay shed on the 30th, so I'm looking for eggs any day now.

I had a third female shed 1 week post-brumation, a week before she had her first meal. I've been introducing her to her mate twice a week since then, but nothing. Not even a hint of interest from the male. The male successfully bred another female, so I know he can. They both just had another shed and I put them together today, so I'm hoping. I would really hate to use another male since I'll be losing the chance of getting hypolav hatchlings and the only other offspring I could hope to get are hypos. This is my first year breeding this female. She was one of Rich's surplus adults. Maybe if I get a pic of Rich and put it by my breeding cages so she can see it, she'll get in the mood!
 
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