I came home from work yesterday to find my ball python out in the open and wearing a new skin. I started trying to find her shed skin and eventually found it wadded into a little ball under her coconut hide. At first, it appeared to be a little mound of feces and urates. Only when I picked it up with a cleaning wipe did I realize that it was the skin mixed with some substrate. When I stretched it out, I found that it was a perfect shed.

My question is whether people think she accomplished the entire shed without leaving her coconut hide. Can a snake really contort enough to shed without getting out of the tiny space under half a coconut? I have claustrophobia, and the thought of changing clothes in a tight spot gives me major anxiety problems. If she really accomplished her entire shed without leaving the coconut, I'm glad that I wasn't here to watch.

Thanks,


Bill

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