Hi Folks!!

Wanted to comment TODAY on the mystery of recurrent sheds.About ten years ago, I had a kingsnake that would turn opaque, with eyes clouded over,then they would go clear, but instead of shedding its skin, it would proceed to go into yet ANOTHER shed cycle, and then another.Despite soaking, it finally died. No mites. Good body weight. No regurge.

Well, I have a snake currently that went through a shed cycle, and upon completion of said shed cycle, after going opaque skin and clouded eyes and clear eyes to culminate in shedding skin...emerged with *Opaque* looking skin on his ventral surface.

Some particulars about this snake:

*It is mite free as are the rest of my anally maintained snakes*
*It eats consistently, defecates consistently, and accepts fresh water consistantly. Has a rather broad diet.
*It has a humidity chamber, filled with spaghnum that has been sanitized, to assist in the shed process
*It has ideal temps, for the most part.
No other snakes are housed with it and it has not been used for breeding purposes this season.
U.V. light is provided.
Novalsan is used to clean the cage. A Vision.

How many of you in this dry community have experienced this condition in your snakes? As I said this is the second time in about 15 years that I have seen it, and I am puzzled by it. Immediately upon shedding the old skin, I noticed that the underbelly scales seems opaque, and yes the ventral scales all came off in the shed also...


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Fred

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