AureliaAurita
New Member
Hey all,
I'm new to the forum. I've been lurking as a guest, but this is my first foray into posting. I have a Children's Python that I purchased at a reptile show back in September; she was 2 months old. Usually I only have corn snakes so I have snake experience. My little girl is a voracious eater and is super active. She's always climbing branches in her tank and such. But I'm starting to worry a bit because she hasn't shed since I've had her.
She has had a pink a week except for one week she went a week and a half before having another pink. She recently moved from one pink to two but she still hasn't shed. We have relatively high humidity here but I mist her cage anyway couple times a week. She is always drinking, active, and eating. The lack of shed, however, worries me. Her color has been duller in the last month so I wonder if she was supposed to shed and hasn't? Should I make her a humid hide just in case?
Her cage is always 85deg F during the day and drops to 80 F at night. She has a heat gradient, two hides, sufficient water, and her humidity stays between 55-65 depending on my misting. I read tons about the species before purchase so I had the tank set up and stabilized a while before she got in there. She is a bit nippy (but I love her anyway
) and is extremely curious. She seems to enjoy her tank and can be seen basking in the heat lamp's glow or climbing her plants and branches. Oh, she is residing in a ten gallon right now. I had her in the rubbermaid tupperware that is recommended but she was so active, she really seems comfortable in the 10 gallon.
Anyway, sorry to drone on, but can anyone give me any hints? If she was a corn, she'd have shed three times over by now so I'm worried slightly. Thank you in advance!
I'm new to the forum. I've been lurking as a guest, but this is my first foray into posting. I have a Children's Python that I purchased at a reptile show back in September; she was 2 months old. Usually I only have corn snakes so I have snake experience. My little girl is a voracious eater and is super active. She's always climbing branches in her tank and such. But I'm starting to worry a bit because she hasn't shed since I've had her.
She has had a pink a week except for one week she went a week and a half before having another pink. She recently moved from one pink to two but she still hasn't shed. We have relatively high humidity here but I mist her cage anyway couple times a week. She is always drinking, active, and eating. The lack of shed, however, worries me. Her color has been duller in the last month so I wonder if she was supposed to shed and hasn't? Should I make her a humid hide just in case?
Her cage is always 85deg F during the day and drops to 80 F at night. She has a heat gradient, two hides, sufficient water, and her humidity stays between 55-65 depending on my misting. I read tons about the species before purchase so I had the tank set up and stabilized a while before she got in there. She is a bit nippy (but I love her anyway
) and is extremely curious. She seems to enjoy her tank and can be seen basking in the heat lamp's glow or climbing her plants and branches. Oh, she is residing in a ten gallon right now. I had her in the rubbermaid tupperware that is recommended but she was so active, she really seems comfortable in the 10 gallon. Anyway, sorry to drone on, but can anyone give me any hints? If she was a corn, she'd have shed three times over by now so I'm worried slightly. Thank you in advance!
