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05-22-12, 09:29 PM
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Trying to understand
Was wondering if anybody can help or give me an idea as to why my 9 1/2 ft Red Tail Boa would have real cloudy eyes for over a week and not shed and not be pregnant but her eyes cleared up and she ate after 2 weeks??
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05-23-12, 07:24 AM
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Re: Trying to understand
Sounds like a slow shed.
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05-23-12, 09:16 AM
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Re: Trying to understand
Wait it out. She'll probably shed soon.
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05-23-12, 01:55 PM
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Re: Trying to understand
My big Jungle Carpet does this. As they get older it takes longer for them to shed. Mine only shed 7 times in the last two years. When she does shed it's thicker than is use to be. How old is your Boa?
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05-24-12, 04:16 AM
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Re: Trying to understand
Are you sure the temperatures are correct? A moult is about a 2 week process with the cloudy chunk right at the mid-way point for a few days, so if it has proper conditions, it should take about a week from the mid point, but none of that has anything to do with it being gravid or not, so I'm not sure how that comes into play...
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05-24-12, 08:05 PM
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Re: Trying to understand
We are just trying to understand cause she struck a rat and let it go 2 wks ago so we weren't sure what was going on with her... If it was she was getting ready to shed or if she was pregnant that's why the whole pregnant thing came in to the situation
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05-24-12, 08:07 PM
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Re: Trying to understand
Not sure how old she is
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05-24-12, 08:08 PM
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Re: Trying to understand
We found pieces of old skin in her tank she is finally started shedding
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05-25-12, 04:32 AM
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Custos serpentium
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Re: Trying to understand
Best of luck to this snake.
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05-25-12, 04:37 AM
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Re: Trying to understand
eek.... yeah ^^
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05-25-12, 06:28 AM
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Re: Trying to understand
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Originally Posted by Isis'smama
We are just trying to understand cause she struck a rat and let it go 2 wks ago so we weren't sure what was going on with her... If it was she was getting ready to shed or if she was pregnant that's why the whole pregnant thing came in to the situation
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Is she supposed to be pregnant? did she mate? ...did I miss something here?
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We found pieces of old skin in her tank she is finally started shedding
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Increase the humidity in that tank. If she's shedding in pieces the humidity isn't good enough in there.
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05-25-12, 07:02 AM
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Re: Trying to understand
I agree with alessia, definitely up your humidity atleast until she is out of shed. I keep mine over 50% and I mist when she goes into shed to increase it from there...
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05-25-12, 07:15 AM
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Re: Trying to understand
Could you post pics of the setup and tell us what the temps and humidity are? If you do that, we could help you fix any problems you may have.
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