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FloridaHogs Jul 03, 2006 01:55 PM

I have an adult male Eastern that I received on 6-13. He arrived opaque, and shed on 6-19. I noticed today that he is opaque again. He has only eaten 3 times since got him. Isn't this kinda odd, to shed so soon again? I have never had an Eastern shed this quickly before.

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SlitheringHerps Jul 05, 2006 08:49 AM

Hmmmmm, this is odd!? When I had him he did the same thing. I fed him about 4 or 5 times and he shed then he went opaque right before shipping and now hes doing it again. This is something to look into. Does anyone have any info???
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justinian2120 Jul 07, 2006 09:42 PM

yeah it's unusual,but i've had snakes do it before;usually if they're trying to recover from some type of ailment.
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