Snake Skin

Just curious as to what everyone does with their snake's shed skin? Throw it out? Keep it?

Keep a few to use them during breeding season before throwing them. ;)

I throw mine out. It just seems "dirty" to have them lying around.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Keep a few to use them during breeding season before throwing them. ;)

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I guess you use them to stimulate there breeding behaviour, but how so? Male skin in with males or females?

The only one I kept was one that was one whole piece, from Head to tail. most of the time the head piece will break off or the or there will be little tears in it but one whole piece I have cept its hanging on my wall

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Keep a few to use them during breeding season before throwing them. ;)

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Do explain, please.:O:D

I normally throw them out but will occasionally keep a really perfect one, which usually comes from a corn snake. My ball python sheds always seem to be scrunched up into a little ring, and I have yet to see a perfect one.

For some reason the shed skin really icks me out. I gagged a little when I cleaned out his tank. Urates, poop, rat blood- no problem. Shed skin? Ugh. It was kind of an unexpected reaction. I have the same aversion to human hair, though...:P

I usually keep the males for breeding, as Robin stated above. I do have a few pieces that I will be using for crafting.

I usually keep the very first full body shed and then all sheds after that get thrown away.