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My baby pastel looked like it needed to shed the past few days. Today I thought I would soak him to see if it would help him shed. However, I found that his eyes were back to normal. The odd thing is, I could not seem to locate his shed...I checked his water dish and there seemed to be cloudy residue in it. Is it possible that his shed could have dissovled in the water?

you are seeing the normal shed cycle. The 'blue' or grey stage is just one part, and only is visible for a few days then they go back to normal (not cloudy) and typically a few days after that, the snake actually sheds their skin..typically a normal shed cycle is about 1-2 weeks from pinking of the belly to tossed old skin in the cage.

The blue stage is typically when it won't eat...though some ball pythons eat no problem in the blue stage.

Snake skin won't dissolve in water. What 'film' you see in the water could be just dirty water, bacterial build up or sperm plugs.
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PHLdyPayne

Thanks for the information!

not a problem there, my male bp is in a shed now and his eyes just now turned back a day or so ago just waiting now for his shed. gonna have to share pics of my boy once he sheds