Frequent shedding?
Couple questions actually, one being does anyone have any pictures of what a mite infestation on a snake would look like?
Question two being what is the shortest amount of time you've seen between sheds.
Reason I'm asking is because Fred is soaking again and he has just shed a little over 2 weeks ago. Now I've inspected him as best I can, I've checked his eyes, around his vent, and around his mouth and see nothing that would indicate he has mites. No little black dots, nothing moving on him, and nothing I can brush off. I'm going to check the bottom of his water dish tonight if he gets out of it for me. Also his attitude is perfect, when I handle him, he activly moves around and flicks his tounge, never hisses or strikes at me when I enter his cage and is usually very active at night. But I also find it hard to believe that he is going into another shed so soon. Last shed was fine, came off in one piece (at least it looked like one piece, by the time I saw it was crunched up into one big ball of skin). He has between 60 - 70% humidity in his cage at all times. He has about 5 hides in his cage 2 on the hot side, 1 on the cool side and 2 more in-between. Temps are 90-95F on the hot side and 80-85F on the cool side. I mean things can't get much more ideal then this for a Ball python I would think.
Could it just be he is getting ready for another shed or should I be looking for something else wrong or could I just be overly paranoid that something is wrong?
Last edited by Vengeance; 12-31-03 at 09:23 AM..
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