6 month shed

[tszue]

hey i have had my snake for 6 months and it has only shed once should i be concerned

 

[AustHerps]

Hi Tszue.

What species is it?
What size is it?
How old is it?
What's it eating?
How regularly is it eating?

Cheers,
Aaron.

 

[tszue]

my snake is a coastel carpet
45cm long
7 months old
it's eating rat pinkis
once a week

 

[jimmyd]

maybe its time to try a larger prey item? maybe a fuzzy rat?

jim

 

[tszue]

ok i will do that but should i still feed her once a week or once every 2 weeks

 

[misky]

every week there should be a noticable lump in it's stomach after a feed.

Cheers,
Misky

 

[tszue]

ok thanks a heap

 

[hornet]

my 2yr old coatsal carpet just shed 2 days ago i had her for bout 7months and she finally shed, mayb i need to feed more often

 

[Retic]

At 7 months of age it should be shedding anything from 4 to 7 weeks apart. They can certainly shed more often, I have a blond Mac that shed twice in 3 weeks. I would certainly increase it's food intake. A 7 month old Coastal should be eating more than rat pinkies.

 

[tszue]

what should i be feading it then

 

[Mayo]

There food should be upto 3 time the size of your snakes head. My 20 month coastals are on large rats, think big they can dislocate there jaws and take down larger prey than you might think.