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LunasKiss
12-11-12, 02:21 PM
I have a young corn snake that is shedding for the first time and it is having some difficulty. My other corn had no problems shedding and the eye caps and tail cap came off just fine. I've been keeping an eye on the corn currently shedding and it has dark black eyes so it was easy to see the blue coloration over its eye caps. Today, the eye caps are off but it hasn't lost any other skin. Its skin still looks glossy and ready to shed. I've never dealt with a snake that has difficulty shedding, any advice as to what I should do for this guy? or is losing the eye caps first something normal?
Could it just be in the stage after going milky when they look normal and then they shed or have the eye caps actually come off?
LunasKiss
12-11-12, 02:53 PM
It's a dark grey color and it's eyes went from pure black, to a light baby blue color (yesterday), today its eyes look normal, as though the caps came off. I didn't think the color just changed that rapidly. It also looks as though some of the skin is loose around his eyes as well... I'm honestly not sure what's going on with him, I'm a fairly new owner.
It could be that they just went back to being a normal color. My other snake is white and pink in color (not sure what morph) so I couldn't detect much color change in its eyes and didn't really worry about it shedding. I honestly only knew it was shedding because it refused to eat when it normally has a very healthy appetite so this is the first time I'm really paying attention to color.
Lankyrob
12-11-12, 04:19 PM
I would jsut wait, sounds like it has enteered the "clear" stage and should shed shortly ;)
LunasKiss
12-11-12, 08:14 PM
Thank you for the info, I'll let you know how things go from here =)
Terranaut
12-11-12, 08:16 PM
Yup. I agree the snake sounds like it is just going through the normal stages of shedding = No worries :)
LunasKiss
12-13-12, 01:30 AM
Thank you guys, it shed perfectly today =) I'm so relieved.
Gungirl
12-13-12, 08:10 AM
Glad to read that! I think you owe us a few pics now :)
Lankyrob
12-13-12, 11:00 AM
Glad to read that! I think you owe us a few pics now :)
This :D:p:D ^^^^^^^^
LunasKiss
12-13-12, 10:27 PM
Here goes, last time I couldn't get any pictures to load...
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/Koenig1993/Snakes/IMG_0537.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/Koenig1993/Snakes/IMG_0543.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/Koenig1993/Snakes/photo5.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/Koenig1993/Snakes/photo4.jpg
Just fed the darker one so... better pictures of it soon.
Any ideas on the morphs? and I can take better pictures if you need them.
LunasKiss
12-14-12, 12:48 AM
Sorry guys, here they are:
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/Koenig1993/Pets/IMG_0543.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/Koenig1993/Pets/IMG_0537.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/Koenig1993/Pets/photo4.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p622/Koenig1993/Pets/photo5.jpg
EmbraceCalamity
12-14-12, 03:12 AM
I love that last one. What morph is that? It seems different from others I've seen. But I'm no snake expert. :p
~Maggot
ice little pewter u have there!
LunasKiss
12-14-12, 10:59 AM
ice little pewter u have there!
Which one? The lighter one or the darker?
and I don't know what morphs they are...
poison123
12-14-12, 12:19 PM
Which one? The lighter one or the darker?
and I don't know what morphs they are...
hes talking about the dark one. the light one looks like a snow. they look very nice i wish mine was a baby again :(
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