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my adult female ball python recently underwent a shed about 2 weeks ago, she even had a bit of unshed skin behind her head that she wouldn't let me get to. Now she is getting that dull color skin and her caps are turning blue. Is it possible for a snake to have "back-sheds"? She was not well taken care of before me so I'm starting to wonder if eating regularly and being taken care of is making her system go into hyperdrive now.

Check her belly for signs of scale rot and the rest of her body for burns, wounds, or infections.

It is likely that she has an infection of some type that she is trying to clear up.

Now that she is entering another shed cycle it may difficult for you to notice any of these things. Just be sure to look her over carefully after she sheds again.

They do not have "back sheds" - they either shed or they don't... there is no "catching up" on lost shed cycles.

I tend to agree with the previous post. Although, I have no experience here in the snake sense. I know when my gecko was sick, she no sooner finished a shed and started one again. She had an eye infection that I knew about, and once it cleared up she resumed a normal shedding period.

When I got my 6 year old male in feb, he was malnourished severely. as I fed him and as he put weight on, he started shedding every other week it seemed like until he was up to a healthy weight. there were a couple times he dropped a shed and the next day, his belly was pink. He's stabled out now. but for a while it was very frequent. Has your been feeding a lot?