my corn is blue! for the first time in my care.
His eyes are not that coudy yet, just a hint of milkiness. his body is very dull and milky
His feeding time is tommorow. Should I feed him?
I wet him twice a day. should I do it more?
He is just hiding in the cool spot, not bathing or anything
I have a moist hide too, but i have not observed him going there. maybe he does not like it... I wetted paper towels as i dont have moss.
thanks
n.
*Most* of my corns are ok with eating when "in blue," but I have a couple that I will not feed when "in blue" because I know from past experience that they'll regurge...I guess it's up to you: you could try feeding, or just wait until after the snake sheds (it won't hurt the snake to wait a few days!). Occasionally, feeding my snake when "in blue" will prompt the snake to shed. What you could try is feeding the snake a smaller-sized prey item than the snake usually gets (for one yearling snake, because I wasn't sure what to give her & she was "in blue," I gave her a pinky instead of a fuzzy; she ended up shedding the next day).
I don't wet my snakes *unless* they're having trouble with shedding, and I've only done that with one snake out of my 11. All of my snakes have a proper level of humidity already in their vivs, so they don't need extra humidity by wetting them. I also don't have a moist hide in their vivs; their water bowls seem to provide enough humidity, and when the occasional snake needs a little more, s/he will take a dip in the water bowl.
As for your snake just lying there: yup, it will. For my students (I teach 2nd/3rd grade...), I liken it to them as when they have a sunburn: their skin feels itchy & the snake just doesn't want to move, and they'll often be cranky & a lot more fidgety. So, I just wait on doing everything, generally, until I see the shed in the tank or I know that the snake will be a successful eater when "in blue."
In my opinion, it's nothing to worry about until after the snake sheds. Hopefully the shed will be complete, with the eye caps & the tip of the tail, and nothing left on the snake's body. After checking the sheds & the snake itself, then I'll feed it. If the shed is incomplete, then I'll run the snake through a damp towel (a towel folded in half with the snake in between). That always helps with removing excess shed. If you're really worried, one trick I use is this (thanks to advice from here!): I put a clay flower pot in my snake's tank, and every other day or so, I'll rinse the pot off to moisten it. The pot sits in my snake's tank above where the UTH is, so it serves as a warm hide most of the time, and a warm/moist hide some of the time. (I chipped out the bottom of the pot, smoothing the rough edges, with just enough space for the snake to slither in & out...my snake loves it!) That has helped a lot with his sheds, which he'd been having problems with long before I got him.
I hope that all of that helps!
