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Shedding soon

dragons24

dragons24

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Hi, I think Pepperoni might be shedding soon. What do I do after shedding? Is there any special care I need to do after. Do I have to leave him alone?

Thanks! :spinner:

-Cassie
 
After he's done you can handle him right away, check for any missed skin, and feed him if he's due. Also admire how shiny & new he looks. ;)
 
dragons24 said:
Hi, I think Pepperoni might be shedding soon. What do I do after shedding? Is there any special care I need to do after. Do I have to leave him alone?

Thanks! :spinner:

-Cassie
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Agreed! Also if your sure he's about shed to make it easier for him, mist some moss and put it under its warm hide.
 
Oh....by the way, his belly nor his eyes have been blue. Is this expected? He did get kinda dull for awhile.....Is this like another version of becoming blue?
 
I don't feed my corns when they're shedding anymore, although I used to and didn't have any problems. It won't hurt them not to eat so now I skip it until they shed. But if you've looked at your snake more or less every day and you haven't seen blue eyes and belly, he's probably not blue. I seem to recall he's a darker morph? You'd be able to tell at the blue phase of shedding for sure. I would just try feeding again at the next scheduled feed, don't worry about one refusal.
 
My corn's eyes have never really been blue before a shed. He becomes duller than usual and his eyes are a bit cloudy, but that's about it. It could probably be missed if I didn't track his sheds. He's never even refused a feeding, which I know is common. XD
 
kushkitt3n said:
My corn's eyes have never really been blue before a shed. He becomes duller than usual and his eyes are a bit cloudy, but that's about it. It could probably be missed if I didn't track his sheds. He's never even refused a feeding, which I know is common. XD
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The milky eyecaps and the dull appearance means he is in blue. After a day of cloudiness he will gain the color back and then shed. Don't try to feed when they are in blue.
 
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Why shouldn't you feed while they are in blue? I have an underweight snake and didnt want to skip a meal so I fed right when she seemed like she might be going into blue. She didnt seem to have any problems with it.
I would imagine as she gets bigger I will be more likely to skip during that time.
 
There's a higher risk of regurge (vomiting). Like I said, I used to feed mine in blue all the time and had no problems, but later I found out what a pain it would be to get nutribac, and decided it wasn't worth the risk.
 
Rigby & Marcy said:
There's a higher risk of regurge (vomiting). Like I said, I used to feed mine in blue all the time and had no problems, but later I found out what a pain it would be to get nutribac, and decided it wasn't worth the risk.
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I unfortunately got this question answered last night. I didn't realize one of my newest corns was blue (she was in the clear stage, and I have only had her for a few weeks) and the next day there was her dinner, nice and slimy. I have had amazing luck with this so far, but I am getting some Nutribac tomorrow from Olivia and will follow Kathy's regimen.

I think it may be the tightness of the shed and/or stress that makes them regurge. I will NOT let it happen again!
 
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