Snake shed information. Tongue sheds!
A post on another forum i frequent (thamnophis.com garter snake) prompted me to look into if snakes shed their tongue skin...they do!
I found this document that puts things into a nice easy to read format. For those new folks that don't know much about shedding, it's a good read.
http://theexoticvet.com/wp-content/uploads/Shedding.pdf
It's something I never would have thought about, or realized the snakes did. If I had seen a little squiggle of shed, I would have assumed it was a piece of the normal shed. Now i'm going to keep my eyes open for it!
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~Melissa~
27 snakes (7 sand boas, 4 hognose, 5 ball pythons, 1 bolivian boa, 2 dumeril's boas, 2 carpet pythons, 5 garters, 1 corn snake), 1 cave spider, 9 tarantulas, 1 tokay gecko, 2 dogs, 2 frogs, emperor scorpions 1,000 dubia roaches, & tons of fish.
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