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The snake is typically inactive during the "blue" period, for one to two weeks. The skin then clears, and the snake becomes active and sheds within a couple days, usually in a matter of hours.
 
My hatchling was so lethargic I thought he was no longer living when he went into shed a couple weeks ago. Scared me!

I didn't feed him as I have heard of regurges during shed. He did fine and is eating again just fine. :)
 
I don't. Nearly every regurge I have ever experienced has been related to the snake being in shed or, rarely, freshly shed.
 
Plus, when you think about it, in nature, that snake would not be out hunting. it would be curled up somewhere safe waiting to shed.
 
Thanks to all - hopefully after shed, I will be able to post some pictures of my SMR Extreme Okeetee - call him Jasper after the SC county that some think okeetees originated.
 
R there any tell tale signs th@ a shed is imminent other than dull skin & milky coloured eyes? My butter corn is approx 6months old, I've had her 4 2 1/2 weeks & she hasn't had a shed since I got her but recently I've noticed a lil sticky up bit on top of her head, barely noticeable but it's like 1 scale standing up & a few days ago she was pressing her head in2 her substrate & under her water bowl (the bowl is solid so she's not trying 2 hide). The skin hasnt dulled or anything like I said. Do u think she's just trying 2 dig in2 the substrate or is she approaching a shed? Cud it b anything else?
 
A young snake typically sheds about once a month. Light snakes that have the amel gene don't turn blue so much as pink, and this can be VERY difficult to see. You would watch for behaviour changes such as the snake hiding for days when it would usually be out.
 
i would thnk you can feed him right after but i dont know 100% so we will see what everyone else says..

also side note! my striped anery... has had like blue eyes for a few days now i didnt notice if they were like like that when i bought her, do you think this could be her blue for shed by chance?!
 
Lurking for the feeding question too - I also thought they can eat as soon as they shed. :) Seems a bunch of our snakes are on the same shed cycle. Malachite went into deep hiding two and a half days ago. I probably won't get to see his eyes go blue because he's been in his center log where it's dark, and buried himself in his aspen as deep as he could barely poking his nose out even. He occassionally adjusts, but isn't coming out at all, not even to drink from what we've seen. But when we had him out right before he went into hiding, we did notice the black areas on his belly had gone gray. That was kind of neat to see. :)
 
My butter is in blue right now. Not sure how long she's been like it because up until yesterday I hadn't gotten her out of her enclosure because she was post feed. Yesterday was 48hrs after feeding, I got her out & her normally red/pink eyes are now peachy orange & shes really pale. Put her straight back in & she's also in deep hide, totally out of sight. She was a bit quiet before I fed her on Saturday so she may be further along than I know in her shedding cycle. I'm also interested to know when is best to feed. I'd normally feed her again on Saturday but I highly doubt she'll be done shedding by then.
 
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