• 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.

Worried

T

tidwel

New member
I have a 15yo grey corn, for the last week he has refused to leave his hide. It started out 2 weeks ago like a typical shed (eyes grey, slowing down, etc)but now has retreated to hide. He never shed after eyes cleard up. All conditions are normal. Is he dying of Old Age.
Thanks for any help.
 
Before suspecting old age (15 isn't that old for a corn snake), I'd check other factors - temp, humidity, light cycles, etc. You're in Maine, and it's starting to reach brumation time for snakes in that part of the US...
 
That's really interesting - not in a bad or good way, just interesting!
I too wouldn't jump to the conclusion of old age. Snakes are weird ;) it could be a number of things. I wonder if because it is growing less (being 15 years old) if it takes that much longer to shed. I'd still be looking for a shed daily and whatnot like you have been.
Don't stress yourself though! I once saw someone write "Snake's gonna snake", and that's very much true.

:)
 
This is the first time he took 3 weeks to shed from time his eyes blued.
Usually its less than 10 days
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top