No problem at all! Depending on what species you have the time it takes between becoming opaque and the shed may vary. I keep kingsnakes and milksnakes and mine are generally opaque for between 4 and 8 days depending on not only the species but also the individual. With my snakes I've found about 5 days to be typical. About a day before they actually shed they lose their opaqueness and it looks like they've already shed. I like to increase humidity in their enclosures right before a shed by misting a little more than usual until I find the skin. One of my milks does not shed properly unless I mist her at least twice a day prior to the shed (otherwise her skin flakes off rather than peels off in one piece -- this can be dangerous to the snake because pieces can get stuck and cause a medium for bacteria to grow or constrict growth if it is the tail tip that sticks).



What do you have anyway?

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