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 #1972897


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 Long Shed

How long of a "Blue" period is typical for a Blood? Crunch seems to take nearly three weeks from when I first notice him getting ready to shed until he sheds. I crank up the humidity to about 75% when I see him entering shed, and he always has a broiler pan full of water in his enclosure to soak in. This time, I soaked him in a tupperware for half an hour, and mix in a teaspoon of "Shed-Ease" hoping to help the process along. At least I got some photos of him while he was soaking:

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/bologna530/DSC00676.jpg

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/bologna530/DSC00674.jpg

and one photo from him eating his last rat butt-first:

http://i364.photobucket.com/albums/oo90/bologna530/DSC00667.jpg
03/22/09  06:48pm

 #1972900


Pythonpetey
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 Long Shed

Sorry, I attached the photos incorrectly. Second try:







03/22/09  06:51pm

 #1973004


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   Message To: Pythonpetey   In reference to Message Id: 1972900


 Long Shed

Petey, they do take a loooooonnnnnnggggg time to shed. Marle took one and a half weeks to do her thing. Oh and very nice pics of crunch, he gets better looking every time I see him.



03/22/09  08:31pm

 #1974035


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 Long Shed

oh, and in the first and second pic, is that what I think it is between his coils? Thats weird lookin man.



03/24/09  07:08pm

 #1974062


Pythonpetey
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   Message To: Catfish_82   In reference to Message Id: 1974035


 Long Shed

LOL - relax Catfish, it is only a rock I put in the tupperware so Crunch could have something to rub against. It just happens to be about the same color as Crunch.
03/24/09  07:42pm

 #1974361


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   Message To: Pythonpetey   In reference to Message Id: 1974062


 Long Shed

HAHA well you can tell where my mind is stuck. He’s so good looking now, and gets better every time I see him. Congrats Petey.
03/25/09  10:44am

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   Message To: Pythonpetey   In reference to Message Id: 1974062


 Long Shed

that don’t look like a rock in the pics man lol but crunch dos look beautiful and healthy i get my 2 female blood pythons Saturday I’m so exited its like x-Miss
03/26/09  03:34am

 #1975335


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   Message To: Daners   In reference to Message Id: 1974883


 Long Shed

Well, I soaked the big guy for another half hour today, then put him back in his enclosure while I ate dinner. I just came back and saw he finally shed. I will post some photos tomorrow since this is probably as good as he will look for awhile - lol. The tough part is getting him to sit still out in the open. Such a shy baby.

I promise to leave the mystery rock out of the photo.
03/26/09  10:07pm

 #1977568


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   Message To: Pythonpetey   In reference to Message Id: 1975335


 Long Shed

The rock looks like guts and internal organs surrounded with blood.
03/30/09  10:00pm

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Pythonpetey
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   Message To: Doug2   In reference to Message Id: 1977568


 Long Shed

Doug: Dude, you have been watching far too many Sci-Fi slasher movies. To assure you all that Crunch did not spontaneously explode while soaking, here are two post-shed photos:





03/31/09  12:02am


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