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Hi there:

About 5-6 days after the SK shed, I peeked in to check on it, and guess what? It's eyes were blue, and it was grey again! I have never once had a snake that had such short intervals between sheds. So I left it undisturbed for a week or two. Today I checked on it, to find a near perfect shed, and a stunning, really shiny scarlet, wriggling around like a little candy cane.
It's eyes are clear, and overall, it looks great. I will put a pinky in tonight.
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DAVE

1.0 Western green toad
1.1 green treefrogs
1.0 Florida blue garter snake
0.1 Asian long-tailed grass lizard
1.0 Mediterranean gecko
1.1 Oriental fire-bellied toads
1.0 American bullfrog
0.1 Spanish ribbed newt
0.0.1 rough-skinned newt
1.1 Eastern ribbon snakes
1.1red-cheeked mud turtles
0.1 Dubia day gecko
1.0 Sonoran gopher snake
1.1 rough green snakes
1.1 giant African black millipedes
0.0.1 White's treefrog
1.0 Okeetee corn snake
0.1 Albino African clawed frog
1.0 Kenyan sand boa
0.0.1 Argentine flame-bellied toadlet
0.0.1 African bullfrog
1.0 yellow * Everglades rat snake intergrade
1.1 Western hognose snakes
0.1 fire salamander
1.0 scarlet kingsnake
0.0.1 Argentine horned frog

assorted small terrestrial snakes are temporarily kept during the summer

COMING SOON;

1.0 fire salamander to breed with my 0.1.

I'd be concerned if a snake sheds that quickly in succession. That's usually a sign of parasites that it's trying to get rid of (like mites). You might want to make sure the snake is mite free, though occasionally if they are recovering from some type of surface trama, they'll shed rapidly as well. Good luck with the little critter.
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Lora