Quote Originally Posted by wilomn View Post
In general the shed skin is longer. The scales that normally overlap are separated by the loose skin that joins them but is hidden between the scales unless the snake is eating, shedding or gravid. Add that small amount a hundred or more times and you can easily increase length 4 to 8 inches per foot of skin.
Cool! ... Thanks for the very interesting answer.

Since I was very careful not to stretch the shedded skin while unrolling it, it appeared that it was the same length or perhaps even a bit shorter.

Just out of curiosity, do your bp's shed with or without rolling up their shed? And, might this question make an interesting poll question?