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Poolcues
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 16/04/2011 : 19:54:44
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| if a snake sheds its skin does that mean she likes were she is at she has gone in to hideing and ive just looked for her and she has now got white on the eyes so its only amatter of when she sheds but most people say to put her in a tank when feeding she is 2ft long and the viv is 2ft she is not thin and she likes to be handled anyone got any other advice as she has not eatern for about 3 weeks could this be becouse she is getting ready to shed or have i done something wrong any answers thanks |
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gmac
The Scottish Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16/04/2011 : 20:09:49
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snakes shed because the are growing usually or to clear themselves from injury to their scales, and 3 weks without food is nothing to worry about it could be down to the shedding but could also be a few other things, what temps are in the housing,
and welcome to the forum |
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HannahB
The Corn Snake Moderator
United Kingdom
5491 Posts |
Posted - 16/04/2011 : 20:20:01
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hey and welcome
took me 10mins to type this cause of the tv being on!!
snakes shed because they are growing so not necessarily that they like their home, with the feeding thing its up to you as to whether you feed her in or out of her current home - i feed inside the viv as its easier with 6 to feed but mine will all feed outside of the vivs with no problems  if you do feed inside the viv make sure that there's some paper down to avoid ingesting any substrate,
honestly its up to you and if you think she would cope with a bigger viv - if you pack it out with lots of hiding spaces and greenery then there's no reason as to why she shouldn't be ok
the non feeding could be down to many things but if she's gone blue then that would probably be the cause, you could try her again on the next due date and see if she takes it or not,
what are the temps like for her currently?
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2.0 Normal Royal Pythons - Q and Little One
1.0 Chihauhaun Mountain Kingsnake - Simba
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Mamma
Fully Grown Corn
United Kingdom
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Poolcues
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
5 Posts |
Posted - 17/04/2011 : 10:01:00
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Originally posted by HannahB
hey and welcome
took me 10mins to type this cause of the tv being on!!
snakes shed because they are growing so not necessarily that they like their home, with the feeding thing its up to you as to whether you feed her in or out of her current home - i feed inside the viv as its easier with 6 to feed but mine will all feed outside of the vivs with no problems if you do feed inside the viv make sure that there's some paper down to avoid ingesting any substrate,
honestly its up to you and if you think she would cope with a bigger viv - if you pack it out with lots of hiding spaces and greenery then there's no reason as to why she shouldn't be ok
the non feeding could be down to many things but if she's gone blue then that would probably be the cause, you could try her again on the next due date and see if she takes it or not,
what are the temps like for her currently?
look forwards to pictures
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scubadude
Hatchling
United Kingdom
366 Posts |
Posted - 17/04/2011 : 10:02:41
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1.0.0 Classic corn snake - Dodge,2.2.0 Normal Royal - Palin,Detritus, Lyssa & Sofia,1.0.0 Spider royal - Anan,1.0.0 Mojave Royal - Ocha,1.0 Butter Royal - Huritt,0.1 Pastel ph ghost - Weeko,0.1 Yellowbelly - Loni,1.1.0 crawl cay boas -Maya & Pech,1.0.0 Hypo hog island boa - Harley,0.1.0 Hog island Boa - Babe
   
   
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Poolcues
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
5 Posts |
Posted - 17/04/2011 : 10:04:15
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| the viv is at 85 and at night it goes down to 80 ive just looked at her and now she is in sheadding mode will send photos of the hole set up when she has finised shedding |
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Poolcues
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
5 Posts |
Posted - 17/04/2011 : 10:05:13
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Originally posted by gmac
snakes shed because the are growing usually or to clear themselves from injury to their scales, and 3 weks without food is nothing to worry about it could be down to the shedding but could also be a few other things, what temps are in the housing,
and welcome to the forum
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Poolcues
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
5 Posts |
Posted - 17/04/2011 : 10:09:27
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| the viv is at 85 then at night it goes down to 80 she is in shedding mode at the moment so hopefully she will be hungry for a mouse or will she get hungry when she sheds |
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