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| MeandMilo |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 11:28:22
milo has been shedding a huge amount since ive had him and im a bit confused as to why he dose it so much 
he went into blue when i first got him and shed two weeks later, then 4 weeks later he shed again, then 4 weeks and he shed again, then again 3 weeks later and now two weeks later he is in blue again?!
he is a adult snake and should only be shedding around 8 times a year and he is doing it every other week! 
any ideas anyone?  |
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| lotabob |
Posted - 08/05/2011 : 12:29:52
If he has been injured they take a while to heal and they shed out any skin damage. If he has been suffered an impact you'd be as well taking Milo to a vet for an X-Ray, just to check if it has broken his ribs. |
| MeandMilo |
Posted - 08/05/2011 : 12:14:05
a few months ago we did think he had mights be he didn't have any but he dose have a lot of damaged scales, which was my fault  he escaped and was in the back of my chest of draws, in my room and i shut a draw on him a few weeks ago and when i realised he was in there i felt so gulity, sorry milo x but he seemed unfazed by it )
on closer inspection today, shows that the scales down one side of his body were crinkled and 5 were bent
thanks for the help guys |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 07/05/2011 : 14:55:05
also mites are likely to reappear after about 6 weeks............ |
| lotabob |
Posted - 07/05/2011 : 14:51:59
I'm pretty sure you thought Milo had mites a few months ago. If he does/did then he will shed a lot until he has repaired the damage that mites do. |
| gingerpony |
Posted - 07/05/2011 : 14:26:04
excessive weight-gain, illness, injury, external parasites.... |
| GillyDuncan |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 19:23:38
or mites.
I thought some snakes can shed a lot if they have mites and are trying to get rid of them. |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 12:41:39
loosing weight, damaged scales or he's getting chubby? XD |
