Acting Strange!!!!!

[Critta]

hi everyone, i new to the whole snake owning thinkg and stress out about every little thing that could go wrong (lets face it, he's my new baby, wouldn't want anything to happen to him). anyway sorry for all the questions but my most recent stress is ........i have a 3-4 month old little spotted whome ive had for just over a month, when i first got (after a good week of settling in!) he was so placid and very very active, however know, he seem very unhappy, is is very snappy, and rarely moves around but when he does he seems to be sticking to anything that may be underneath him, he has a dull greyish tinge to him. also one eye seems funny (slightly dry) however they are no milky.
he is eating fine and his temps are between 26-32.
any suggestions on what might be wrong with him?
Thanks in advance

[Critta]

any1?

[888lowndes888]

How often do you feed as if he is hungry it may become snappy. Also what are you using as a substrate and whats the humidity levels?

[Critta]

forest flooring as the substrate and he only got fed 3-4 days ago. i spray his enclosure daily . i was thinking coming up to a shed? i really dont no!

[888lowndes888]

Im not sure if the spraying is the problem but that would put you humidity up much too high for a spotted. Placing its water dish at the cold end of the enclosure should create sufficient humidity. Too high humidity causes respitory problems and may be making the enclosure muggy, hence your pythons sticking to things.

[ex_oh_ex]

how much have you held him
or do you just leave him alone now, you should also try and get him out of being snappy and hold him atleast once everyday

[Critta]

i have been holding him once every day or 2, yesterday is when i held him last and he wasnt too bad, he just didnt seem to move around much and thats also when i noticed the dull color on him.

[Bonustokin]

Critta, sounds like he is about to shed. They can get snappy during that period but he will go back to normal after he sheds mate.

[ex_oh_ex]

ok here is something which will determine if hes shedding or not look very closly in the next couple of days at him, look at his eyes to see if theyre milky, my snakes onli go a tiny bit milky, so just look for a sort of white tinge, look at his scales on his tail and body to see if any are lifter or coming off,look at the skin around his neck, does it look elestic (stretchy or excess)? he might surprise you and will shed, mine looked like his some of his scales were loosened and i thought it would take him a few days and he shed that day, he might be out and about rubbing on his hides or going in the water to aid his shedding, he could just be stressed, he and what are you keeping him in

[Critta]

he's neck seems kinda saggy and one of his eyes look dirfferent (because he's so tiny i find it difficult to tell if they are milky, and my eyes are'nt the greatest) when i held him yesterday his underbelly and tal felt a little rough?

[ex_oh_ex]

hes most likley shedding, it would explain everything, could you post a pic of him close up

[Critta]

this is the only one i have, you cant really see his tinge very well and they eye thing i am talking about is over the other side (how convienient!)

[Critta]

he's much smaller than he looks there. only abou 20cm long at the most

[ex_oh_ex]

lol i realised
if you look at his neck you will see the scales are raised or slightly coming off, i think hes just shedding, give him a week or so to shed

[Critta]

thanks heaps everyone, you really put my mind at ease. anyting i should watch out for during the sheddin process?