WooHoo!

[ivenner]

Now I know it may not seem like a big deal to you hardened herpetologists out there but my son's little corn Buster, just shed. His first one with us, and a bug relief for Euan.

We put a bowl of damp sphagnum moss in his viv as he went into blue, positioned above his heat mat to keep it all nice and humid. This morning when Euan got up to check on him, he found what is shown in the picture below.

A complete shed nose tip to tail tip, no missing parts, including very tip of his tail and both eyecaps.

I am working away at the moment, but Euan was sooooo excited he sent me a photo from his phone. And yes the more observant of you will notice the rather large poop at the entrance to his hot cave.

The odd thing is given that the accepted knowledge is that corns are less likely to feed when getting ready to shed. Buster scoffed down a rather large fuzzy on Sunday, without any hesitation!

I will post more photos once I get home at the weekend, of his nice new bright colours. Also along with some great shots of a little adventure he had this weekend whilst we were trying to have a photo shoot!

Cheers

ian

 

[Russell]

Congratulations on your first shed! :grin01:

I still remember my FIRST cornsnake and how excited I was about having him. I got him as a baby and would handle him all the time. As a college student, I had plenty of sit and study time and would let him twine around my fingers. I'd feed him while he was in my hand and he had his first shed in my hands. Very neat to watch! Enjoy!

 

[Susielea]

Congrats on your first successful shed, I bet Euan was jumping with excitement this morning

I remember my first corns first shed, it was an exciting time, in fact I've still got it! I keep all my corns first sheds with me in seperate sealable freezer bags, I'm silly like that you know, but it gives a good reference in later years when you compare their adult sheds to their baby shed, especially when you can't remember them ever being that small!

I look forward to more pics of Buster in his brand new skin and I wonder how long it will take him to outgrow this one

 

[ivenner]

Thanks for the replies.

He could hardly speak on the phone, I had to get the full story from my good lady!

Buster is eating like a pig, so I think we are going to get fairly rapid sheds over the next year or so. Now he is settled, and having read some more here and in some of the books we have bought, we are going to change his feeding from once a week (as we were initially advised by the herp shop) to once every 5 days.

Cheers

ian