synchronized shedding

[salt]

Does anyone else have multiple ball pythons that synchronize their sheds? It seems very weird to me that they do this.

[DVirginiana]

Not BPs, but my garters do it. I think it's got to be some sort of hormonal thing that affects nearby snakes or something because it happens way more than you'd think to just be coincidence.

[Montypython696]

With larger collections its rather common.

I have 18 for example, and when one starts shedding normally 3-4 will go within the next week or so.

I don't believe its a hormonal thing, its more of a: "I keep all my snakes on the same feeding schedule, so they are all growing at the same rate" thing.

[salt]

Very interesting. Perhaps a gross comparison but in a funny way it reminds me of menstruation. Happens to everyone in the house at around the same time and they all get crabby.

[Crusader71]

It happens to me all the time, my Clown started 2 days ago and my Pied just finished today and my het is next