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Odd thing happened tonight with one of my snakes...

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Tonight is feeding night for my black pines. Everything went well with the female. The male was a bit of a different story though (He is about 6 months old.).

He was blue 3 days ago, and I had considered skipping his feeding this week. This will be his first shed since I have had him. His eyes cleared up yesterday, so I decided to keep to the schedule.

When I opened the box to get him out, he was VERY grumpy. That in and of itself is not a big deal with him. His temperament has been improving dramatically, but I expected him to be mad since he is so close to a shed and was not disappointed. When I was finally able to pick him up, he "spit" what appeared to be water. I use the term spit because I am not sure how else to describe it. He did not seem to be wheezing or rattling and has been on the warm side of the enclosure for a couple days. He did eat 2 rat pinks afterward.

I am not overly concerned at this point. He might have taken a drink recently even though I did not see him moving around his water bowl.

I am more curious to see if any of you folks have had similar experiences.

Thanks for your input!
 
right on the mark I think

Sometimes these little guys get so bent out of shape that they will exhale so hard as to have any liquid in the eshopagus expelled. I would not worry about it as long as he contiunes eating and doing well.

John Cherry
Cherryville Farms :>Puke<:
 
So far, nothing really to report. He did shed today and seems normal. I am looking forward to this weekend. I want to see if he will start to settle back down to handling. He was progressing so well prior to his shed. I even convinced my 6 year old to hold him last week...
 
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