Have anyone you ever witnessed your snake shed?

I have only seen it on TV. With my snakes, I just pick up a hide one day and there the shed is. I think it would be cool to see in person.

Never seen it but I've helped more than a few shed every thing but their hood and lower jaw. :D

Yep; I seem to have good timing when it comes to sheds! Royals are kind of shy, though, when it comes to that; being defenseless and all ;)

i caught the last 3 seconds of my hoggie shedding the other day. never a full shed though. i dont think it would be to exciting.

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Have anyone you ever witnessed your snake shed?

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Which one? :P

Yes, I have seen a few different ones shed on several occasions. They give you that deer in the headlights look, "Close my tub! I'm not done yet!"

I did the other day! It was cool but it was almost midnight and I was too tired to watch the whole thing. :)

I saw my 5ft long corn do it. It was very cool.

Yup, I've caught a few of them at different stages of shedding. Normally I just find the little roll of shed in their hides though. :)
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Originally Posted by jknudson

... They give you that deer in the headlights look, "Close my tub! I'm not done yet!"

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:rofl: Exactly!

Yes...

It looks like they are trying to scratch themselves without having any hands..

Rather irritating, I can imagine.

First, they rub their faces up against something frantically, then, keep on rubbing.. Down down down down down til the tip.

Rather interesting :D

I want to record my snake throughout the night via night vision on my camera and I'm going to record normal through the day. I'm hoping to catch a shed eventually.

Ive seen about 10 sheds in person. I witnessed one that only took about 2-3 minutes very impressive shed.

I catch them quite often.

My female "Olive" had a shed last week. I opened the tub, she crawled up into my hand and the shed just rolled off in my hand like pulling off a sock.

It is always cool too see. Especially when you get a perfect sock shed (always a sign you are doing something right with your husbandry).

Bruce

Yep I've watched a few of them. When they are tucked into their hide and wriggling it reminds me of a woman trying to wriggle out of a pair of too tight pantyhoes LOL.

We had a funny experience one feeding night. One of the female BP's darted out of her hide, with her shed rolled about half way down her body, grabbed her rat, snarfed it down, gave us quite the look and then went back to finishing up that shed! LOL She hates to miss a good meal, that one. :)

I've watched my boa shed several times.... probably since he's in a tank and all the balls are in a rack :rofl:

I've seen several. I was lucky enough to catch my pastel starting a shed once and managed to grab some of the shedding process on film.

I've also been lucky enough to catch a few of my geckos shedding...before they've eaten all the skin.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

We had a funny experience one feeding night. One of the female BP's darted out of her hide, with her shed rolled about half way down her body, grabbed her rat, snarfed it down, gave us quite the look and then went back to finishing up that shed! LOL She hates to miss a good meal, that one. :)

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Teehee!

I've watched the boa when she was a baby, round and round and around and around in her hide...very cool. But the best has been watching the burmese...takes a loooong time, but I find the whole thing fascinating.

Funny story: I had 'Planet Earth' playing on the DVD player downstairs and went upstairs to do something, can't remember what and caught Lourdes just starting his shed. Sat and watched a "real" nature show while Planet Earth played on to an empty couch downstairs, hehe...

We actually (my wife and I) took a video of Milton shedding, we saw almost the whole thing.

Yep. The big girl Hera...missed her head but watched the rest, and I've also seen a couple of the other snakes doing their shed thing, too. It's always cool to watch, and so weird picking up a brand-new, WET shed skin.

i catch my boa everytime its quiet amazing to actually sit there and watch it kinda wish i could do that sometimes just shed off my old skin

Yes, many times. I've even had them shed in my hands before which is pretty cool. They've started by pushing their way through the cracks between my fingers and stretching around between your fingers to get things loosened up. If this happens, it's really tempting to help them out, which is fine if you want to, but it's a neater feeling to let them do all the work using your hands as a rubbing stone/pulling branch.

ugh, NO i still havent seen mine shed :(

I have never witnessed a normal shed by one of my snakes, but I have had to help one or two of my snakes shed due to humidity issues (normally when they are in QT in tanks). Just recently I had to help my corn shed everything but his head (he'd gotten that part off). I love the technique I learned from one of Adam's videos. You put the snake in a tub with a little water and put the tub in the rack. Come back in about 30-60 min and help them get the shed off. It comes right off and is so easy. :gj:

I've only seen natural shedding once with my Butler's Garter Snake, though I have assisted my Western Hognose twice in shedding with my special natural way, so it pretty much looked like shedding.

Yup, my first BP ever I saw her drink AND shed within the first two weeks I had her- which to me was pretty cool to see both! (oh yea, and I saw her eat, too- that was cool!)

i saw my snake half way through his shed, but since he had some burn spots on his back (i rescued him) i decided to let him do it in privacy!

if you go to youtube and search for ball python shedding you can watch ppls bps shed :P it's neat!

Yep I have

Yes, I have. He does not seem to mind showing off while he curls and goes around and around and around... *dizzy*

When it was needed, I also assisted once using the soaking method and a moist cloth.

It is very easy for me to tell when my Black blood adult starts a shed if I'm in the room. I can hear her banging around in her cage...moving her waterbowl around, rubbing against the cage, etc.

Yes I saw my BP’s first shed ever. Kind of boring though. I was excited when it came off in one piece though

I've never seen my snake shed...but I sorta helped him start his first shed. I was holding him and he started rubbing his face all over my shirt. I wasn't sure what he was doing, but let him do it. I put him back and the next morning, he left a perfect shed in his tank. I guess he used my shirt to start the process :)

I got a video last year of Milton shedding. Caught almost the whole shed!

Yep :)

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Yes, and I was able to film most of it and posted it here a few weeks ago. Fascinating!

I have video of both Mona and Toby shedding, which I (think) I've posted on the forums. I also caught Mona in her shed last week, and she totally gave me that "deer in headlights" look. :D I was just checking to see if it had happened yet, and lifted her cave... she was about half done, and just looked ticked when I interrupted. I apologized, replaced the cave, and watched from the outside. Way cool!

A couple shots of Mona's assisted shed, which I got to witness from beginning to end... happy to say that ALL of my snakes have perfect sheds now, since moving them into tubs/rack. :gj:

Quite a difference between the old and new skin...
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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Never seen it but I've helped more than a few shed every thing but their hood and lower jaw. :D

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I've done the opposite quite a bi more. I've helped them get the shed off their heads, which is a lip-biting process when you're working forwards instead of backwards like it should.

Tricolor Albino Honduran- "Peach"

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1 minute later...

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Ooh, that's a pretty snake! :) How big do those get?

4-6', averaging 5'. They really vary depending on the parents and upbringing.

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Originally Posted by Hulihzack

4-6', averaging 5'. They really vary depending on the parents and upbringing.

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Very cool... I eventually want something non-BP, and have always loved the brighter colored snakes like milksnake, kingsnake, etc. Maybe a Honduran will be my next addition? :)

i was lucky enough to see my little hoobsies shed we still have his skin. aww baby book! lol

(i wish this one wasnt so blurry it`d be wicked cute)
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Originally Posted by MarkS

Yes, many times. I've even had them shed in my hands before which is pretty cool. They've started by pushing their way through the cracks between my fingers and stretching around between your fingers to get things loosened up. If this happens, it's really tempting to help them out, which is fine if you want to, but it's a neater feeling to let them do all the work using your hands as a rubbing stone/pulling branch.

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And the post-shed evacuation? Hopefully that doesn't go in your hand as well...:weirdface

several times , i also got an old rat snake that so old she needs help to get started when she sheds any more. plus she not very active will just lay wrapped on my wrist,(compared to the fact she never sat still in the past.

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

I have only seen it on TV. With my snakes, I just pick up a hide one day and there the shed is. I think it would be cool to see in person.

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I've assisted in sheds and I've seen my snakes shed. I think it's really cool to watch, especially their belly movements trying to slither out of the skin.

Yes. a couple times.
Corn snakes, Boas.

Yes I've caught a few of my snakes shedding. It's neat watching. I had one (my corn) start his shed in my hand. Very neat to have that happen.

LOL, this thread is over a year old!!!

i assisted with a shed ONCE, and i got most of it off, but couldnt get the eye caps off...

switched to tubs, and now i always find the shed rolled up in 1 piece in a corner somewhere.... covered in fecal matter -_-;...

I've witness 2 so far, the last one from my 5month old BP, I have a 20 minute video of it, but it's kinda dark and the sound is not very apealing... The video is too long for youtube.

Maybe I could edit the sound off, but Im not sure with what... never tried video stuff before. and I would still have the problem of where to upload it. Any sugestions??

Thanx!

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Originally Posted by MasonC2K

I have only seen it on TV. With my snakes, I just pick up a hide one day and there the shed is. I think it would be cool to see in person.

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Yup I've walked in on a shedding many times in my years of keeping various reptiles, though snakes are always the best to watch :D