I was holding my girl one time and didn't know she was about to shed. After holding her for about 10 minutes it felt like she was pinching my neck. I kept asking me husband if she was biting me, only thing I could think that she would be doing. Lol, when she finaly came into view she had half her nose shed and looked very funny, she had been using me to rub the shed off. By the time I put her back in her tank 30 minutes or so later she was done.