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09-Jan-08, 05:56 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: May-07 Location: western sydney nsw Age: 19 | | |
hey guys, i have a diamond python, i went on holidays for 5 days, before i left it appeared as though it was going to shed while i was away because the skin appeared to be milky as if it was going to come away from the body. I came back, and it had not shed. So i decided to feed it, as it didn't appear as though it was going to shed. I fed her a rat, she wrapped the rat up and began to swallow the rat, and as this was occuring i noticed her skin began to shed from her head. It finished it's meal, and around 15 minutes later it began to shed it's full skin.
I am unsure of this occuring before, as it has never happened to me or anywhere i have read before, has anyone else ever encountered this or know what may have caused this?
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09-Jan-08, 06:04 PM
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ha mine did the same thing but when he ate the rat his skin actually tore! my heart skipped a beat when i saw it but then i realized no blood so i new he was busy shedding.
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09-Jan-08, 06:13 PM
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How big is he as some of mine can take up to 2 weeks to shed depending on species.
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09-Jan-08, 06:27 PM
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11 months old 4.5 ft
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09-Jan-08, 06:28 PM
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with sayin that i wood have thought it wood have refused food
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19-Feb-08, 04:01 PM
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This happen to my first python and we had to soak her and remove her skin by hand as the skin wouldn't go over the lump.
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19-Feb-08, 04:03 PM
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"most" snakes will feed post slough, some, like yours will feed right through this period. At all events, best to wait untill slough completed.
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19-Feb-08, 04:11 PM
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True Zard , my diamonds take around 1 week and a half. To shed.
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