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OK any expert takes on this?? Limon has just shed twice 12 days apart.

Is this any indication of something bad?? Both of them came off flawlessly, identical in size.

I have never seen any snake shed twice in 12 days time.

Thanks for any insight.....

Regards,
Wayne
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1.0.0 Ball Python - Python regius "Cane" Rescue
0.0.1 Eastern MilkSnake WC "Carmello" adult super sweet temperment
1.2.3 Storeria dekayi Casper, Xena, Athena, & Kids (30 plus released!)
0.0.2 Thamnophis marcianus - Checkered Garters "spot" & "Zig"
2.2.0 Thamnophis radix Snow, Iowa snow & christmas snow het.
2.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garters
0.0.1 Thamnophis sirtalis - "Flame" red and white stripes
1.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis CB "Flame" & Melanistic
1.0.0 Thamnophis pickeringi - Puget Sound Garter "Sky" (adult, Sky blue)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon - Water Snake - "Aqua" adult WC
0.1.0 Storeria occipitomaculata - Red Belly snake (Her children were raised & released)
0.0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake "CY" Juvinile CB
1.0.0. Pueblan Milk snake "Oreo" adult CB
1.0.0. ASIAN GREEN SNAKE 3' WC Cyclophiops major"Limon"
0.0.1. Savannah Monitor "CHOMPER" Growing fast!
0.1.0. Green Anole "Crystal" WC
1.0.0. K9 "ACE" Black Cockapoo
0.2.0. Feline"Felix"(R.I.P. 4/27/08) "Kaja" & "Silver"
2.1.0. calico RATS
2.4.?? Mice - Feeder farm - Crickets / fish
More herps than I could ever list out back on the land.

Hmmm,....yes, that's usually a sign of something not good, like maybe a mite problem the snake is trying to rid itself of.

Injuries are another reason they do this, but I doubt it has any injuries or burns. I would check the animal and it's environment for mites. They like to gather in the small gap around the eye-caps(ocular scale), and under the chin between those scales too.

That very close together shed would make me wonder as well.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Doug - I am going to inspect for mites right now. (this cage is going to be a ***** with all the stuff to un-do)

Limon did have some minor injuries (I assume acquired during capture) and his nose was rubbed a little, but I think that if this were the case, it would have happened well before now.

He appears very healthy and still sucks down the groceries.

Thanks,
Wayne
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1.0.0 Ball Python - Python regius "Cane" Rescue
0.0.1 Eastern MilkSnake WC "Carmello" adult super sweet temperment
1.2.3 Storeria dekayi Casper, Xena, Athena, & Kids (30 plus released!)
0.0.2 Thamnophis marcianus - Checkered Garters "spot" & "Zig"
2.2.0 Thamnophis radix Snow, Iowa snow & christmas snow het.
2.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis - eastern Garters
0.0.1 Thamnophis sirtalis - "Flame" red and white stripes
1.1.0 Thamnophis sirtalis CB "Flame" & Melanistic
1.0.0 Thamnophis pickeringi - Puget Sound Garter "Sky" (adult, Sky blue)
0.0.1 Nerodia sipedon - Water Snake - "Aqua" adult WC
0.1.0 Storeria occipitomaculata - Red Belly snake (Her children were raised & released)
0.0.1 Amelanistic Corn Snake "CY" Juvinile CB
1.0.0. Pueblan Milk snake "Oreo" adult CB
1.0.0. ASIAN GREEN SNAKE 3' WC Cyclophiops major"Limon"
0.0.1. Savannah Monitor "CHOMPER" Growing fast!
0.1.0. Green Anole "Crystal" WC
1.0.0. K9 "ACE" Black Cockapoo
0.2.0. Feline"Felix"(R.I.P. 4/27/08) "Kaja" & "Silver"
2.1.0. calico RATS
2.4.?? Mice - Feeder farm - Crickets / fish
More herps than I could ever list out back on the land.

yes, I agree, it would have happened before now if it was from being injured. That's why I strongly suspect mites might be the culprit.

Anyway, do as "Happy Hillbilly" mentioned with the magnifying glass examination, and take it from there.

good luck!, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Wayne,
How is Limon?

Just checkin'.

Catch ya later!
HH
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

www.natures-signature.com

I agree with Doug, and mites would be my first guess, too. Use a magnifying glass if you have one to check around its eyes good.

Another cause could be a reaction to chemicals - cleaning chemicals, mite killer, etc, anything that it might have come in contact with.

Doug,
Have you sent me that leucistic Texas ratsnake yet or am I gonna have to come try to take it from ya? Like Wayne said the other day, that thing's a beauty.

Ya'll behave yourselves!
Mike
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Due to political correctness run amuck,
this ol' hillbilly is now referred to as an:
Appalachian American

www.natures-signature.com

I'm putting a bunch of stamps on the box right now!..LOL!

Thanks again to both you guys for the nice compliment!

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

Just thought I'd throw this out. I took in a burmese pthon once that had crawled through roofing tar. I cleaned up what I could, but couldn't get it all off. He shed 4-5 times in the next month and a half, until all the soaked in tar was gone from his skin. So, maybe some sort if chemical exposure is a pssibility...
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