About one month ago i bought myself 2 babie tiwanese beauty ratsnakes. I feed each of them about 2 pinkie mice a week. when i first got the there skin was bright and shiny, but latley it has been more of a dull color. and ive noticed the scin around their face is much loser. its been like this for about a week, what should i do
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Are they ok?????????
reptiluver
Dec 18, 2006 12:56 PM
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BelgianBeer
Dec 18, 2006 01:48 PM
It sounds like they are going thru a shed cycle which is normal. You probably need to increase the humidity and stop feeding them until they do shed.
phwyvern
Dec 18, 2006 02:20 PM
>>About one month ago i bought myself 2 babie tiwanese beauty ratsnakes. I feed each of them about 2 pinkie mice a week. when i first got the there skin was bright and shiny, but latley it has been more of a dull color. and ive noticed the scin around their face is much loser. its been like this for about a week, what should i do
Sounds like maybe a little bit of dehydration and more likely that they aren't being fed enough. pinky mice ain't that big and only 2 a week? I have a baby eastern kingsnake who is small for that type of snake (a runt) and she's eating 2 pinkies every 2-3 days. I know beauty snakes are much bigger snakes in comparison and I would think your snakes would need a lot more food than what they are getting?
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