"To feed or not to feed, that is the question [when in shed]" and it gets asked here a lot. I've repeated my advice a lot too. Thing is, only a handful of members here have kept as many snakes as I have (100's, I stopped counting long ago), or for as many years (3.5 decades) as I have...so you can ask people with a few snakes that never had a problem & think it's fine. Me personally, I've seen this issue often enough to know I'd rather avoid it, especially since most captive snakes are a bit over-fed, and in the wild, they'd NEVER eat in shed because prey animals rarely volunteer to get eaten by a cranky snake that's minding it's own business. Most snakes refuse to eat while they're in shed anyway, so IMO we should take their word for it.Originally Posted by Hugsplox
Those with any underlying health issues or husbandry issues (ie. humidity too low) are the most likely to "get stuck" but sometimes you just never know until it happens.
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