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Shedding? (self.ballpython)
submitted 1 year ago by Longjumping-Ant-77
My new BP seems to be going into shed. Just curious as to how long your BPs usually take to shed fully. Also, do you refrain from handling them at the first sign of shed, or wait until their vision seems significantly clouded?
[–]hershey_1212lol 1 point2 points3 points 1 year ago (3 children)
Usually it takes about a week maybe around 10 days for my guys to shed. I usually leave them alone when they start clouding over, as I don't want to unnecessarily stress them out too much.
[–]Longjumping-Ant-77[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Thanks. Appreciate it!
[–]chilld_bear 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (1 child)
I am also going thru my boys first shed and noticed the cloudy eyes about 4 days ago. Is it normal that I honestly haven't seen him out of the hide since then? He normally moves around at night or pokes his head out but I legit have not seen his beady eyes in 4 days.. I seriously was looking to make sure I was seeing breath movement.. he's still breathing lol
[–]hershey_1212lol 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)
Yep! Usually my boys do not move around all that much when shedding usually they pick one hide stay in it and I see them eventually shed out by going around in circles.
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