Shed Skin

[Brimstone111888]

I have always seen pictures on here of people with their snakes skin all stretched out. My snake always balls it up and poops in it. He sheds perfect, but he prefers to ball it up. Any one else's snakes do this?

[BigCeC43]

Does this look familiar ...

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Sorry that 1st pic is a little graphic I guess

[Spaniard]

Yea,

I get the special ball of skin quite often too.

[Brimstone111888]

Ya the first picture is pretty much identical to what happened this morning when I lifed his hide.

[Reediculous]

yup i get the same thing...............always balled up......and a huge poo pop right next to it

[Larry Suttles]

looks good to me IMO. Humidity is spot on

[BigCeC43]

I wonder why they always crap when they shed. Do they have to "push" to get the skin off? (Kind of like someone crapping themselves when they're doing a squat with 500lbs on their back)

Or...
I wonder if they just feel much better after doing both together. (Kind of the way alot of guys like to s***, shower, and shave in the morning for a fresh start)

[Larry Suttles]

s***, shower, and shave

lol

[Swingline0.0.1]

I had the good fortune to watch Milton's last shed...

mid-shed pic

In this case, at least, the poo happened about 30 mins after the actual shed. I think the shedball is caused by them doing the actual shedding in their hides, so they have to pass over themselves so much it wads up the shed.

As for why they poo, they have to use all their muscles to get that skin off- if I ever get that video resized, you can see how they have to undulate to get out of it! I think it just stimulates their bowels in the process.