Has anyone ever had this happen (shedding anomaly in hognose)??
Greetings,
A little background information: I have an adult female Western hognose that I obtained in July of 2003. Since I have had her I have had absolutely no problems whatsoever, she has never refused food and consumes 1-2 adult mice (f/t) every 10 days.
She shed for the first time in my care on October 25, 2003 and has been very active since then and has consumed 7 mice since her shed (according to my records). Her activity has decreased over the last couple of days and upon checking on her this morning I have noticed that her eyes have gone blue and is entering an ecdysis cycle again. I should mention that she does not have mites (this I am very sure of) and she is void of any external stressors (improper temperatures, loud noises, excessive movement, etc).
Has anyone ever had this happen?
She is in very close proximity to my adult male (separate cages with a visual barrier) who just completed a shed himself, could this be due to some sort pheromone communication?
Thanks for any help.
Cheers,
RMB
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