I've noticed my new baby corn (~ 5 weeks old now) is starting to get cloudy eyes. At least they seem cloudier than when I first got her, I've been leaving her alone for the most part to adjust to her new environment. Anyways, are the eyes the first thing to start going cloudy when snakes go into blue? Just asking as an anxious first time baby owner! I've seen other snakes in blue and their whole body was cloudy, but maybe I just caught them later in the shed cycle? I put a humid hide in the viv just in case, a simple plastic container with some wet paper towels.
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New baby in shed
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Karl_Mcknight
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many snakes will seem to start hiding more than usual. Then you'll notice a dulling of the skin and eyes. Sometimes the skin dulls first, sometimes the eyes do. Then you will notice the skin and eyes look normal again. The actual shed occurs after that.
There are different degrees of each. Sometimes the eyes are really noticeable and sometimes you might miss it altogether. Sometimes the snake will hide and may not eat, other times it might act normal.
From the very beginning stages all the way through to the shed, it can be a matter of several days to several weeks.
All I can tell you is watch and learn. You'll know it when you see it.
I am enclosing 2 pictures of my snake. You can clearly see the difference. In the first pic, his eyes are cloudy ("Blue) and his skin is a dull pinkish color. Normally he is Orange in color. In the 2nd Pic he is after shed, his normal color is back and his eyes are clear.
There are different degrees of each. Sometimes the eyes are really noticeable and sometimes you might miss it altogether. Sometimes the snake will hide and may not eat, other times it might act normal.
From the very beginning stages all the way through to the shed, it can be a matter of several days to several weeks.
All I can tell you is watch and learn. You'll know it when you see it.
I am enclosing 2 pictures of my snake. You can clearly see the difference. In the first pic, his eyes are cloudy ("Blue) and his skin is a dull pinkish color. Normally he is Orange in color. In the 2nd Pic he is after shed, his normal color is back and his eyes are clear.
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