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[LINEBACKER 2]

This is kind of cool, I just fed my King Snake, who's about 2.5 years old and RIGHT after she got in her tummy, she started to shed.

I've never seen that before. Is that common?

Steve

[KMHerps]

I am not too sure about that one, with my female ball python I never noticed a sign that she was going to shed and she ate before she shed that night.

[LINEBACKER 2]

No word of a lie, it was about 5 seconds after she was done eating that she started to shed. I could even remove her from the feeding cage that I have.

Interesting.

Steve

[JonD]

It's cool eh, I had a BCI start shedding right in my hands, really cool to watch..;)

[LINEBACKER 2]

I LOVE watching my BCC shed. She's almost 9 feet long now, but it's awesome to watch her shed.

Steve

[gonesnakee]

Steve, yes I have seen it lots, mostly with baby snakes. Quite often the feeding actions get the snake stretching & if in shed it seems to help loosen the old skin & start the process. I mostly see it with babies eating their first meals. Quite often when you have a clutch kept together until the first sheds, its hard to tell which ones have & haven't & even if they haven't I'll offer them all food at the same time. Its not uncommon to see a baby corn struggling to get the shed past the lump it just got in its belly & I have had to help them do so quite often it seems LOL If you notice sometimes before a snake sheds it will yawn lots trying to stretch its mouth to begin the process. Feeding is nothing but a big stretching exercise & they will quite often shed while feeding or right after. Mark
P.S. I didn't see ya at the Fall TARAS show, what up with that Bro?
P.P.S. a little warning heh heh for those that like to hold the snake while it sheds. I do it too, but quite often as the skin gets just past the vent they have a habit of crapping from all the movement etc. & if you are holding it at this time Yuck LOL

[JonD]

Originally posted by gonesnakee
P.P.S. a little warning heh heh for those that like to hold the snake while it sheds. I do it too, but quite often as the skin gets just past the vent they have a habit of crapping from all the movement etc. & if you are holding it at this time Yuck LOL LOL, glad that never happened
:D