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ERIC.C asked in PetsReptiles · 1 decade ago

if my ball python has his eye caps and is about to shed..should i bother seeing if it is hungry ne way?

i kno they dont eat durring their shedding, but he only has his eyecaps..so should i bother or just leave it alone?....its a baby ball python by the way

Update:

and another question...i only have a heat lamp for my tank (for now, and then im getting a heat pad later)..so should i keep the snake under the heat lamp and mist around it every once in a while for a better shed?? HELP PLEASE...its my snakes first shed..

Update 2:

and i have no humiditer yet...only a thermometer for reps

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  • 1 decade ago
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    In my experience with snakes i wouldnt feed him/her if its going to shed.Most times the skin wont shed in one whole piece and ul find urself soaking ur snake trying to pick it off.My brother has this problem right now with his baby ball.He fed it b4 a shed and now the snake has skin left over half its head including its eye which is a bit tricky to get off.To save on the problems i wouldnt offer any food just wait till after it sheds,it not going to starve if u leave it a wk or so.Gd luck

    Source(s): snake owner and russian tortoise
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    5 years ago

    You ought to have them eliminated manually. Either do it your self or have a regional herp vet do it. Though if you do not wish to pay I can provide an explanation for how you can do it. A few of my bp's have this limitation. You ought to trap your bp within the commencing of the shed approach. Once he will get the epidermis over his head the eyecaps shall be first-class and wet because of the snake's frame excretion which is helping with the shed approach. Gently and really cautiously rub his eyes and the ones eye caps will have to come off ultimately. It's very principal that you just trap the snake correct after he will get that epidermis over his head. Regular soaking and attempting this wont paintings. The snake's physically excretion is helping probably the most. Good good fortune and desire you get the ones caps off. And one other factor, anything folks say....DON'T USE SCOTCH TAPE. Scotch tape can pull the snake's eyes out. I've noticeable it occur earlier than.

  • 1 decade ago

    well mine always eats before shedding, and always after. You should offer it to him just to be sure.

    Source(s): i own a ball python
  • 1 decade ago

    no he probably will not eat it and he might get grumpy or mad

    Source(s): experience
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