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    "First shed In Progress" DEKAN's Avatar
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    About the shed

    Well.

    Yesterday my snake was with its eyes totally white...so I said finally a piece of shed...well, today she's with new skin... by the way getting darker everyday But no sign of the shed...could she eat her own shed?

    Really...not even a clue on the whole tank =(

    And the babies too...not one shed

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    Re: About the shed

    She could have eaten it, but not too likely.
    Are you SURE she has shed? The eyes clear up for a day or so before the shedding actually happens. I just witnessed the first shed of my snakie, and before she did it, I thought she already had. Then that evening, I saw the old skin under some 'furniture' in her tank, and removed it..
    Adding some humidity to the tank can help the snake shed more easily, if it's about to. I placed a damp towel in my tank for a couple days, and ended up with a perfect, one-piece skin.

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    Re: About the shed

    Yep...her eyes are clear now. The skin looks more... mmm how can I explain, the stripes are more colorful, the head looks shinny...and the rest of the body is matte (really dark green). Yesterday she didn't want food...today she finished all of it. I have a "lake" on my terrarium, so the humidity is fine...I guess

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    Re: About the shed

    I've seen it get buried under substrate and tucked into corners or cracks, and as of a matter of fact, I found one of the babies sheds under the hide last night................so I'd either keep looking or maybe she hasn't yet...
    although anything is possible and maybe she did eat it, you just have to
    look every where and if you don't find it just asume she ate it.....
    Justin

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    Re: About the shed

    If her eyes were still clouded over yesterday, she probably has not shed yet. The eyes clear up first with the body remaining dull looking for a few day, then the shed.
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    Re: About the shed

    It sounds to me as though she hasn't shed yet.
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    Re: About the shed

    they usually shed 2-3 days after the eyes clear up, sometimes one day.....

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