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View Poll Results: Do you keep your snake sheds?

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  • I don't have a snake and wouldn't keep the sheds if I did

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  • I don't have a snake but would keep at least one shed if I did

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  • No, eww, that's gross dead skin!

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  • No but I don't mind people that do

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  • Yes, only 1 or 2

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  • yes, only 1 per snake

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  • yes, only a few

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  • yes, I keep many but not all

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  • yes, I keep all the good ones

    7 29.17%
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    Do you keep your snake sheds?

    Time for another poll, I love making these as it is fun and I like to see all the different results of what everyone does. This one is about whether or not you keep your snake sheds.

    I only have a few sheds, one from when Crowley was a baby, 1 from when he was half grown and 1 from his full grown size. I will only keep more if they are near perfect.
    Last edited by Valyndris; 08-14-2019 at 08:08 PM.

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    Nope..
    The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.

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    Re: Do you keep your snake sheds?

    I've probably got around 20 or so. Every time one sheds I just hang it up on an old compound bow hanging on the wall. I think I only do it because it annoys my wife hahaha.

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    Re: Do you keep your snake sheds?

    Sometimes. Occasionally I’ll take a shed periodically to get a rough idea of growth. It’s kinda cool to see a tiny and a giant shed from the same animal.


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    I have a few good ones, especially off of the bigger snakes. One off of my larger boas is a decoration in my office cube; it is longer than my coworkers are tall, because sheds stretch.

    They are all convinced that I am nuts.

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    When the JCP gives me a clean shed, we hang it on the wall. I call it Snake Tinsel

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    I did at the start but then meh.

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    Re: Do you keep your snake sheds?

    I keep the first good shed from a new animal but not much else. However, I did see a picture of sheds used for a small Xmas tree’s garland that has inspired me to keep some for holiday decorating purposes


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    I keep my corn snake's - occasionally people ask me for snake shed, horse hair, horse shoes, etc. for craft projects or their altars, so I have a habit of holding onto everything I can from my animals just in case someone needs it someday. But the BP always poops in hers so those get thrown out.


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    Re: Do you keep your snake sheds?

    My BP has only had 3 sheds with me so far, so I've kept all of them. They're all nice, full-piece ones which makes them a good record of my BP's growth. I noticed that my BP's younger skins are noticeably finer and softer than the older ones. Not sure if I will continue to keep them through his lifetime since that would be A LOT of sheds. Maybe just when he's still growing fast.

    My entire family thinks it's creepy to keep the dead skin though LOL.

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