The only time I have seen something like you're describing happened when a snake's skin was manually removed before it naturally would have occurred.



In one instance, I was moving a heavy Burmese python when it was at least a week away from shedding and a large patch of the shed detached. A weepy area resulted, but it healed up well with the next shed.



In another instance, I restrained a small albino corn snake for probing without realizing it was opaque and some of the shed came off. Unfortunately, the person I was giving it to called to report the next day that the snake was dead. I'll never be sure, but I suspect he must have removed the entire shed prematurely.



You say this has happened to two snakes at the same time? Is it possible something like the circumstances I described above happened?



-Joan





>>We have two ball pythons that recently sloughed and their remaining skin has a slimy/sticky texture. I saw this before a couple of years ago, but don't remember what its owner did. Any advice would be helpful.

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