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[QUOTE="SHBailey, post: 1794361, member: 89387"] Squirmles (corn snake) was our first reptile and he's still with us -- he'll be 15 years old this summer and will probably be getting geriatric in the next 5 years or so (I understand the average life span for a corn snake is about 20 years, but the record is around 30). We haven't had any problems with him lately, except for the usual spring craziness. He likes to defy the laws of thermodynamics this time of year -- the one that says there's no such thing as a "perpetual motion machine" -- hyperactive, anorexic, and not apparently losing any significant amount of weight. "Squirmles the Amazing Solar-Powered Snake". :blob5: At least he's settled down a little because he's working on another shed. Maybe he'll start eating again after this one. If all goes as usual, later in the season his DNA will give up on trying to replicate itself this year and he'll turn back into the carnivorous couch potato for the rest of the year. We used to worry about him but we've been through this enough times now to know the drill. I remember my father in law (wildlife biologist -- loves snakes) getting a kick out of it when I told him that we'd finally figured out that instead of hauling him to the vet for vitamin B-12 shots to stimulate his appetite, maybe we should find him a girlfriend and let him blow off some testosterone... :roll: Sounds like everyone is shedding at your house and mine. We haven't had a chance to give Puff his bath for the last couple of days so I've been misting his back. Not loose yet but definitely whitish and getting ready to go from his neck to the base of his tail, minus the sides, but the nice thing about that is it's on a wide flat surface so I don't have to worry about anything getting constricted and losing circulation, unlike a tail tip or a toe. He's got it going on several toes too, but that seems to be going okay. Fortunately Puff doesn't seem to get terribly grumpy when he sheds, unlike many other beardies that I've heard about. He's even been known to rub up against my hand trying to get the skin off, and making it seem like he likes to be petted. :wink: Otherwise, it usually seems like he can take it or leave it, although he does sometimes turn a happy color when I cuddle him -- big soft warm blob with lots of mammalian body heat -- that's me. :mrgreen: [/QUOTE]
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