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When do corns start to shed?

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jedimasterclinton

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I've had my corn for about 3 months now, estimating she's 4-5 months old, she eats one pinky every week without issue. But I have yet to find her in her blue phase or any trace of a shed skin. When do they start to shed? Should she have already? If so, what do you think might be wrong? A late bloomer maybe? Any help at all is much appreciated. Thank you.
 
Hi Jedi! How ya been?

3 months is a long time for you not to have seen your snake shed. Maybe he shed in multiple pieces and you missed it if the cage or viv were really dry? Also possible that your snake shed in his hide or maybe it got caught in something else you use to decorate the cage with? What do you use for substrate? Also, not all snakes look "blue," especially if you've got a red-eyed snake. I have two different types of snows, but both have red eyes and unless I'm looking for it, I can actually miss their pre-shed or "blue" state. My big guy (Bozo) actually shed WHILE he was swallowing a small rat! I thought he was just rubbing his mouth on the bottom of the tub after a meal like they sometimes do, and all of a sudden I noticed a flap of skin turn upwards from his lip and slowly he just wiggled out of it like a long, shiny, magic banana coming out of a peel! It was both cool and eerie simultaneously, like an acid trip or a flash-back resulting from one! (Oh! Sorry! Wrong forum! LoL!!)

But seriously, maybe more info is needed. Like what kind of snake do you have? What's your setup like? What color's his eyes? Etc.

I'm certain with the right info, someone here will help you figure it out!

Later!
 
Is your snake light colored? It's really easy to miss the blue phase on the lighter morphs! I had a snake once go 3 months with no apparent shed. I still don't know if I somehow didn't see the shed and threw it out with the old substrate during a cage cleaning, or if he actually didn't shed. He's opal, so it's impossible to see when he's blue, but I've learned to tell when he's getting ready to shed by looking at his scales and watching his behavior. When his scales look dry and a little rough, and he stops cruising in the evenings and just stays in bed (usually on the hot side during his blue) then I know he's going to shed.
Other than the one example stated above, I've never had a snake go 3 months without a shed. I do have one that has only shed every 2 months, even as a hatchling.
 
My snake is a corn snake, and I'm pretty sure her morph is "common." She has a golden yellow iris with black pupils. I use aspen substrate and for the viv I have a vine suction cupped to the back, a half log hollowed hide above the heat pad, another log with some leaves coming out of it (artificial) in the middle with her water bowl and then a t-Rex skull hide on the cooler side (where she spends a good amount of time.) All in a 10 gal tank (as she is still pretty small right now.) Temps are monitored with a thermostat and well within range, as is the humidity of her viv. She is very active and seems to have grown since I've had her, especially in length. But unless her sheds dissolve into tiny pieces that blend perfectly with the aspen substrate, I have yet to find any evidence.
 
Oh she's gorgeous! You will definitely notice when she goes blue! Not a light morph. Haha
If you look at her belly, the black checks under her belly closest to the tail will be the first to start to look grey. That is usually my first indication on my darker snakes. Just keep watching her, she'll shed when she's ready, but their sheds are really tiny and easy to miss if it's broken into just 3 or 4 pieces or all rolled up like they sometimes do and buried under the substrate.
 
They shed "As they need to." If your snake has not shed recently, then it has not needed to.

Typically they shed if their skin is dry or damaged, they will shed if they have mites or some skin disease, they will shed as they grow and outgrow their current skin.

So your snake has not shed in 3 months - that basically means his current skin is healthy and in good shape and he has not yet outgrown it.

At some point your snake will shed. It's easy to miss them going Into their Blue phase. I usually see my snake when Blue, but I have actually missed it once and was totally surprised to find a shed in his cage.

Usually I can tell with my snake, his coloring gets really dull, the skin on top of his head gets "grey-ish" his eyes go grey-ish blue and his underside gets dull.

But usually the first thing I notice is he starts hiding more than usual. When he starts hiding a lot, I know a shed is near.
 
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