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Very worried!! Snake not moving 4 days after feed!
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RedCloud
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His eyes cleared up about 2 days ago. Still waiting for him to shed.
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RedCloud
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Yea the wait is awful. I just wish he would go on and shed already lol So worried!
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Nythain
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Just be glad corns are fairly quick shedders. Isis' first shed with me (4 year old red tail boa) took about 3 weeks all together. Almost a week of blue then 12 days after clearing up before she decided to finally ditch the old threads. Her second shed was a bit quicker, but still about a week after clearing up from blue.
smigon
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I have one that goes blue and it is a good 10-12 days before she sheds. I don't recommend it, but if feeding day falls in the earlier part of her blue, I feed her. She is voracious and has never regurged. Usually as soon as she digests she sheds.
I fed her 3 days ago and I noticed that she is in her warm hide and plugged up the entrance completely with aspen substrate! She is so funny.
I fed her 3 days ago and I noticed that she is in her warm hide and plugged up the entrance completely with aspen substrate! She is so funny.
ahzryn
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Snake equivalent of the do not disturb sign, I love it!
RedCloud
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HAHA mine is doing the same thing. Holed up on the cool side though!
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RedCloud
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This is now the third day of the clear phase. Still no shed. Still no activity or anything. He's just laying on the cool side and refuses to even come out to use the humid hide. Can it be possible for a snake to have stuck shed on his whole body? Should I give him a soak, or wait a few more days?
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Spencer
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My snake was clear for almost a week last she'd (which was his best and most perfect she'd yet). He doesn't leave his hide. He also has no use for humid hides. Your snake generally knows What's best.
What I like to do is offer something a bit rough. I found a really smooth rock that I leave in the viv at all times. But still. He's fine.
It's not possible to have a whole body stuck shed. Just as a she'd, he needs to grow out of it. Could be his growth is a little bit slow this time round.
What I like to do is offer something a bit rough. I found a really smooth rock that I leave in the viv at all times. But still. He's fine.
It's not possible to have a whole body stuck shed. Just as a she'd, he needs to grow out of it. Could be his growth is a little bit slow this time round.
smigon
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Wait it out. Like I said, one of mine even takes 10-12 days! She is still plugged up in her hide, but this is normal for her. Moist hides are of no interest to her.
Let your guy be, just watch every day for a shed. I have lots of plastic aquarium plants and pieces of wood in my vivs for them to rub on, anything with a rough surface is welcome in your viv, just no sharp edges. Mine always start by rubbing their faces on things, that starts the process, then they slither out of it like a banana, leaving the shed inside out. I hope you get to see it, it is pretty cool!
RedCloud
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Wow almost a week! My guy seems to be heading in that direction lol Glad to hear it's not possible for a full body stuck shed xD I don't have anything "rough" really in the tank. Don't have much room cause I stupidly bought a HUGE water dish and that monopolizes all the space lol I don't know how people are making a 29gal work, I'm gonna upgrade to something around the 55 size soon.
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RedCloud
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I'm watching. Intensely haha. He stuck his head out of his hide yesterday as I was cleaning out the cats litter box (which is near the Viv) and I havn't seen him since. His color looks almost normal but no shed and he's still a no show most of the times. The roughest thing I have in the tank is the HUGE water bowl but it's not even that rough lol I do have a piece of driftwood that could double as a semi hide but it's too large to fit in the tank with the water bowl
I'll be getting some vines soon and maybe some plants. I'm just afraid to clutter his tank up too much haha Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
RedCloud
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I love the apparent contradiction here!
I do get your point: a smooth stone is plenty rough for them to get a shed started and much rougher than a glass tank.
smigon
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I love the apparent contradiction here!
Yup. All of mine have a rock, a piece of wood, and the Exo Terra hides and water dishes are slightly rough to start rubbing on. Nythain is right, even a "smooth" rock is rough enough to start the process.
Any luck today? Scarlett STILL hasn't shed yet either!