I know Onyx is a king but a shed is a shed and I like you guys better 
He had a bad shed. It was a complete shed and was not really a "BAD" shed. He shed in 1 piece but a few random scales retained the old skin. This seems odd because it is literally just several (3-5) individual scales in different areas of his body. What could this indicate? I kept up the humidity and everything. Could he possibly have scaring on some scales? He is too small and too dark to actually get a good look. Thanks again for everyones help.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"
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Bad shed question
phiber_optikx
Jan 25, 2006 02:51 PM
Replies (2)
qroberts
Jan 25, 2006 03:05 PM
I thought the same thing was happening to my corn. Turned out that some of the scales simply changed color from orange to whitish.
phiber_optikx
Jan 25, 2006 03:15 PM
The retained skin was actaully hanging off of him so that wasn't it. He is a jet black snake (hence the name) so it was pretty apparent which scales wre retained.
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
0.0.1 Mexican Black Kingsnake "Onyx"
