Typical!!

[Lankyrob]

Kevin the corn snake went blue couple of days back so been keeping a close eye on him (first snake - first shed!) hoping to catch the event in person. He lives just by my head where i sit most of the day so can keep an eye on him quite easily.

LAst night i got caugtht up playing Warcraft (i know i am sad!!:)) and looked round after about 30-40 minutes to find the shed skin in the enclosure!! :Wow: Flipping missed it!!

All come off in one piece and eyes and tail all look great - in fact he looks so shiny and new - so am happy that it was a good shed, just missed the event!!

Have to wait now for me other corn (Perry) to shed and hope i catch that one......

[Hillsberry]

Ahhhhhh man. I have only watched my Jungle Carpet Python shed once. It was pretty amazing. I hope you get to see the next shed! :P

[infernalis]

You mean like this??

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/cool/cy1.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/cool/cy2.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/cool/cy3.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/cool/cy4.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/cool/cy5.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/cool/cy6.jpg

http://www.danceswithreptiles.com/cool/cy7.jpg

[Lankyrob]

Dagnammit!! Thats what i wanted to see!!

Lovely piccies mate - cant wait to see it in "real life",

[infernalis]

I just happened to walk into the snake room at the right time. ;)

Sooner or later you will time it right. They shed a lot.

[Lankyrob]

Well Perry went "blue" on Saturday so been keeping close eye on him since waiting to see the shed - missed it again!! Still nice complete shed - all one piece and one shiny happy snake who has stopped hissing and shaking his tail at me!!

Next time ill get to see it!!!

[Freebody]

i have had my retic for almost 2 years now and i still dont have a perfect shed... she just went blue the other day and i got her tanks humidity way up now and hoping she dont rip the shed apart again..... let yall know as soon as it comes off.

[infernalis]

Maybe we need a community "shed thread" where everyone shows off sheds??

[Will0W783]

I have a few of my big carpet Voodoo's sheds that measure 8'9"! He isn't quite that long, but his sheds stretch a bit.

[marvelfreak]

Maybe we need a community "shed thread" where everyone shows off sheds??
That would be kind of cool.:)

[Freebody]

ya shed thread would be cool, i thought those pic you just posted were really sweet to see, maybe others have had the privlage of catching there snakes like that as well, lets face it we are all picture junkies on this forum :)

[Freebody]

nope just walked in the door from a bike ride around the park and she had already shed, her soaking wet skin was in a thousand peices spread from on side of the cage to the other and she's chilling under her heat light all shiny and new. oh well maybe one day ill catch her and help her roll it off in one peice myself. she seems to not know how to peel it from her head like your pics,everytime she rolls it like you roll up you pant legs then when it gets tight she just tears it off and shreads the rest of shed by rubbing he body over everything. last time i had the cut the roll off her becuase it had rolled up so tight on her it got stuck like a ring on her.... One day she will give me a skin i can keep...one day

[Lankyrob]

Freebody - hopefully someone more experienced can confirm this but i understand that the only good shed is a "one-piece" shed? And that if this doesnt happen then the environment may not be perfect.

Apologies if i am wrong - am still assimilating a lot of information currently!

[Freebody]

um good question i hope someone else sheds :P some light on this lol
i think if its dry and gets stuck on it and breaks apart due to sticking to the snake then there is something wrong with the environment. ie not enouph humidity.
a perfect shed is obviouly one peice like infernails posted pics, thats perfect.
my snakes skin would come off like that, its nice and moist but instead of rolling over and just inverting itself like the pics shown and slithering out, it rolls up over itself and gets tight and then that makes it tear off, then she stugles to pull the rest off with skin off and tears it apart. so i dont think there is anything enviromental about my problem. but i could be wrong??

[gonesnakee]

Freebody - hopefully someone more experienced can confirm this but i understand that the only good shed is a "one-piece" shed? And that if this doesnt happen then the environment may not be perfect.

Apologies if i am wrong - am still assimilating a lot of information currently!

Typically but just because they are not in one piece doesn't mean it wasn't a perfet shed.
Snakes are pushing & pulling afterall & will sometimes rip them in a few spots depending what they get caught on etc.
Not to be confused with a crappy shed where they actually shed in small pieces & retain some etc. of course & then its enviromental, or potentally mites etc. Mark

[marvelfreak]

When my snakes are in shed i mist their cages a least twice a day. This help them shed a perfect one piece shed everytime.

[Lankyrob]

So a perfect shed is one where there is none left on the snake but potentially the shed skin could be ripped or bits torn off - that makes a lot of sense cos it can easilly snag on substrate and hides - its does seem farily fragile.

We have found that our cats like the shed skin!! We left it next to the viv to show off to people and the cats have nicked it and ripped it to shreds!!

[infernalis]

We have found that our cats like the shed skin!! We left it next to the viv to show off to people and the cats have nicked it and ripped it to shreds!!


One of my dogs eats them.

[gonesnakee]

One of my dogs eats them.

I have seen kingsnakes try to eat their own before, mind you I have seen KS try to eat themselves before as well LOL Mark

[infernalis]

I have seen kingsnakes try to eat their own before, mind you
I have seen KS try to eat themselves before as well LOL Mark


This corn did..........

http://corn-utopia.com/Corn%20Utopia%20on%20the%20Web/Photo%20&%20Image%20Stockpile%20-%20CornUtopia/cannibal%20baby.jpg

[gonesnakee]

Ya I have that pic too LOL I'll have to get on posting some KS feed response pics LOL Mark