Synchronized Shedding

[RissaEst]

I have 11 snakes. None of them shed by themselves. It's like a third of them will shed, a week later the other third well shed and so on. The three biggest (Burm, RTB and a female Ball Python) will shed together which makes some sense. But all the others, ranging from 150g to over 1000g shed together. I woke up to three beautiful freshly shed Ball Pythons and my IJ starting to wiggle free. Anyone else have synchronized shedding?

[Fidget]

I asked the same thing a year ago, and here are the answers I got. It still happens. I like it, since it means a bunch of them are in good picture-taking shape at once.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...highlight=shed

[Phantomtip]

My 2 girls shed a day apart. So I know it can happen. I'm gonna try my pastel boy on my largest girl in a couple days.

[Montypython696]

I too have 11 snakes, and as of last night have 3 in shed at the same time. I've also had it happen where I've had 5 or 6 shed at the same time. The only downside to that is, there's a lot of poop to clean when you have 5 snakes shed all in the same day...

[RissaEst]

Its really interesting and I wonder what the reasoning is. This is a pretty consistant thing so it's not just a coincidence.

[RissaEst]

The IJ finished her shed while I was hiking!

[coldbloodaddict]

Its really interesting and I wonder what the reasoning is. This is a pretty consistant thing so it's not just a coincidence.

Because most people feed all of their snakes the same schedule...

[Phantomtip]

All of mine are fed at the same time. I have 2 that have gone on strike.

[RissaEst]

Because most people feed all of their snakes the same schedule...

You would think so. But the ages, sizes, and how often they eat are all different. The four snakes that shed yesterday:

3 year old 1500g 0.1 Lesser who has been on a feeding strike for a few months.
1 year old 450g 0.1 normal who has neurological issues, only eats mice about every 5 days.
Less than a year old 500g 1.0 Pastel Enchi, picky eater, will eat every 5-10 days.
4 year old Irian Jaya Carpet Python 0.1, about 5 feet long, will eat a rat every week.

So they're not exactly on the same feeding schedule. I wonder if something in their brain clicks. Kind of how girls sync with each other when they live together?

[Dracoluna]

I wish mine would shed at the same time... It seems like they enjoy taking turns. At most, out of 12 snakes, I'm lucky to have 2 shed the same week. They are fed on the same schedule though whether they eat or not is up to them.