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Hi guys,
just a general question here. I have 8 snakes now. They are all different ages, shapes, and species. They are on a general feeding schedule, the smaller snakes eat a bit more, the larger eat a bit less, but i offer at least once a week to all. Now, the weird thing is that they ALL shed at the same time. Every time. I mean, obviously the yonger snakes shed more often, but they all shed at the same time. I can't remember when i had just 1 snake in shed.

It is seriously weird. My ball python (3 1/2 yrs old) clouded up last week. Then my thayeri (3 months), then my female hognose (9 months). My JCP (10 mon.) has clouded over the past 5 days, along with my male hoggie (9 mon.), and my baby blood (1 month). I just found out that my 5 foot boa (1 1/2 yr) has begun to cloud....i am just waiting for my corn to begin. This is seriously STRANGE. By no means are they Always in shed. But when one starts to cloud, they all do...

Has anyone else had experiences with this? I was just wondering. I'm afraid that i am living in the reptile version of the Twilight Zone. ?????????

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I have 4 snakes, 2 corns, a honduran milk and a jungle carpet python. Usually have 2 of them shedding at the same time. It is weird! Maybe it's the moon cycles???

That's pretty common in my collection also. Especially within the same species. I don't find it odd at all. They are all living under the exact same conditions. Someone mentioned lunar cycles. That's a possibility but I'm sure there is more to the shed cycle than simply growth rate. Kind of like how my male breeders go through a "pre-lay" shed when they are obviously not gravid and definitely not keeping to their usual schedule. I can't remember which book on cornsnakes it was but the author kept shed data on dozens of corn snakes for several years. The males showed the same patterns as the females. Even the really short period between the second (pre-lay) and third (second pre-ovulation) sheds of the year. And then again for the fourth (second pre-lay) and fifth (post-lay/pre-ovulation?) sheds of the year.

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ALL of my 60 snakes shed days with in each other.

I normaly have 42 to 50 one day and the others are 2-5 days following.

Sooo this is normal they adapt you the environment.

I posted similar findings before.

My snakes are of various ages and types and have the same shed patterns. Odd indead!
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