I have seen something like this on a few occasions throughout the years that I have been keeping snakes (seen it in a bci and a few ball pythons)... If a snake is opaque and you feed it a large meal, it may not be active enough to rub the old skin off... what happens if the old skin stays on too long, the liquid (whatever it is called?) that is between the old and new skin will dry up, the old skin will get wrinkly and it may likely be stuck until the next shed in extreme cases (this happened to me twice). If she just won't take it off, or it may not want to come off even if you try, just wait it out until the next shed. 100% of the time I've seen this, everything comes off next shed - I just make sure not to feed them while blue for the second shed cycle. For most cases, eating while blue has not appeared to cause any issues that I can see.

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Bristen.


>>Has anybody had a snake refuse to shed? The first girl of mine to lay this season laid eggs on 4/14. Since that time she has eaten 3 times. She went into deep shed and then her eyes cleared up about 2 weeks ago but she still hasn't shed it yet. Her skin is starting to get a bit wrinkly but she won't shed it off. Her humidity is on point plus I mist her down every day. She has a hide box to peel it off but isn't doing it. Any thoughts or ideas appreciated....
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>>1.0 Orange Ghost BP
>>1.0.3 Mojave BP
>>0.1 Fire BP
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>>4.2 Pastel BP
>>1.0 100% Het Pied BP
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