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witchy
Egg

United Kingdom
91 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  11:01:23  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
How often do all your snakes go into shed together?

We have 6 corns here at the mo, in 3 separate rooms & all have gone blue within a day of each other...

smart bunny
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5091 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  11:19:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Lol, I was just reading a thread about this the other day elsewhere, and loads of people were saying their snakes are 'synchronised shedders', even across different species and ages! Ours aren't quite there yet - but they do seem to be close.

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ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5292 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  11:26:52  Show Profile  Visit ScalySituation's Homepage  Click to see ScalySituation's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Mine are getting there :) my three corns (1 CB11 and two CB12s) this time shed within about 9 days of each other :)

1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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ozziesmum
Yearling

United Kingdom
736 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  11:53:45  Show Profile  Send ozziesmum a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
My 2 the last 3 sheds have been within 24 hours of each other, Rhubarb 1st then Custard.

Jane.



Oscar Black Lab, Saffron, Merlin and Mischief the cats, assorted fish, Rhubarb & Custard the corns, Tuppence the Tortoise, Tripod the Leopard Gecko.
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5853 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  12:00:17  Show Profile  Click to see herriotfan's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Mine quite often shed in unison. I just put it down to them all feeding at the same time, all having the basically the same exercise and being around the same sort of age. I know their metabolic rates can differ and all that but it's normal for mine to shed within a few days of each other.


Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
??? Foster animals
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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jenjen23
Hatchling

United Kingdom
157 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  13:08:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My boa and corn seem to have synced up! Pretty weird as they are different species, I wonder if anyone has done a proper study to assess whether this is a real phenomenon?

0.0.1 Normal Cornsnake, 2 years old - Basil
0.1.0 Crawl Cay Boa, 1.5 years - Luna
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herriotfan
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5853 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  16:00:03  Show Profile  Click to see herriotfan's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by jenjen23

My boa and corn seem to have synced up! Pretty weird as they are different species, I wonder if anyone has done a proper study to assess whether this is a real phenomenon?



That's very interesting. It would be good to know if anybody has ever done a study of this.


Husband....Very Understanding!!! (Phil)
Son & Daughter (Kevin & Carol)
Granddaughter (Eva)
3.4.0 Cornsnakes Amel (Sidney) Caramel Stripe (Sultan) Amber (Cleo) Carolina (Phoebe) Anery Motley Stripe (Penny) Snow (Lily) Caramel (Holmes)
1.2.0 Royal Pythons(Peeps, Pandora & Pepsi)
1.0.0 Hognose (Hudson)
2.1.0 Dogs (Dillon, Alfie, Ellie)
0.1.0 Senegal Parrot (Peanut)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons (Bonnie & Clyde)
1.0.0 Crested Geckos (Echo)
0.2.1 Hermanns Tortoises (Ebbie, Rosie & Twiglet)
0.1.0 Guinea Pig (Dolly-Pipsqueak)
0.1.9 Tarantulas (Poppy, Gypsy, Bumble, Insey Winsey, Sonic, Cookie, Raven, Fudge, Titch & Sox)
??? Foster animals
Location: Near Saffron Walden, Essex
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twistedmonkey
Hatchling

United Kingdom
132 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  16:33:53  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I wonder if it could be a pre breeding shed? They may be hopefull

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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
3315 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  19:01:34  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My CB12s used to be within a day of each other (all 4!). But now they're out of sync again and all over the place...

2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
1.4.0 Guinea pigs
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lupi lou
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
3670 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  20:07:15  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My two have sync'd up the past two sheds, I think its a snake conspiracy lets go blue at the same time so we don't get handled then both sneak out while no ones looking and shed...


1.0.1 Corns
0.1.0 Dog: springer
1.0.0 Horse
0.4.0 Gerbils
2.2.0 Leopard gecko
0.2.0 Cave gecko
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Slinkey23
Hatchling

United Kingdom
134 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  21:54:11  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by herriotfan

quote:
Originally posted by jenjen23

My boa and corn seem to have synced up! Pretty weird as they are different species, I wonder if anyone has done a proper study to assess whether this is a real phenomenon?



That's very interesting. It would be good to know if anybody has ever done a study of this.



I say lets do one, we need a survey!

1.0.0 Carolina Corn
1.0.0 staffordshire bull terrier
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Razee
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
2525 Posts

Posted - 18/06/2013 :  22:00:14  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Makes sense - shedding is controlled hormonally - snakes have got a very good sense of smell... I know that my two seem to shed quite closely - when one goes blue, the other often follows.


0.1.0 late CB10 Carolina corn snake - Bazilishka
1.0.0 CB11 Abbots Okeetee- Little Twiddler
1.0.0 CB11 Hypo corn- Sebastianek
1.0.0. CB14 Butter Motley - Squidwood
0.0.2 CB18 normal/ Okeetee yearlings Bunny and Lalalishka
0.0.1 hognose
0.1.0 stable cat
0.1.0 house cat
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Falice
Yearling

United Kingdom
757 Posts

Posted - 19/06/2013 :  12:20:47  Show Profile  Visit Falice's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Yep mine do it as well! Ever since I brought my royal home in october, they both go into blue at the same time without fail, even though they are different species. It's really strange, in fact they are both blue right now! It even happened when Trevor had a bit of a growth spurt and shed twice within about a month, I thought to myself "Well there's no way that Cuthbert will follow now" but of course he did.

I agree about the survey!

1.0.0 Royal Python (Sir Cuthbert)
1.0.0 Corn (Trevor)
1.0.0 C0ckatiel (Baldwin)
1.0.0 Jug - jack russel x pug (Keyser Soze)
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Sammysnake
Yearling

United Kingdom
606 Posts

Posted - 22/06/2013 :  17:12:58  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
My two syncronised to within a week of each other. They're different ages and used to be in different rooms but their patterns came together when they were put in the same room. Weird eh!


08 male Carolina Corn ‘Saracen’
09 male Anery Corn ‘Twilight’
08 male Rankins Dragon ‘Keydo’
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AcidicAngel
Sub Adult

United Kingdom
1212 Posts

Posted - 22/06/2013 :  18:03:40  Show Profile  Click to see AcidicAngel's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
See my two couldn't be more far apart... Though I'm sure it's partially because Cereus sheds so quickly and Sakana takes ages to shed. Sakana takes over two weeks to shed whereas Cereus sheds within a week from start to finish.
Sakana's Shed Cycle:
Day 1-5 - Start paling down in the body.
Day 6-12 - Eyes go blue.
Day 13-16 - Eye's normal, body normal.
Day 17 - Shed.

This is how I have chance to catch her as I always know what day she'll shed but not what time. Cereus varies. His table seems to be like this:
Day 1-3 - Start Paling down in the body.
Day 4-5 - Eyes go blue.
Day 6 - Go normal again.
Day 7 - Shed.

However sometimes the days vary and he sheds on day 6 instead of day 7 and sometimes even day 4-5 is his shed day. But neither go blue in sync with the other despite having bred this year XD
Though there is 2 years between them. Sakana is 7 years old and Cereus is 5 years old in October(02/10/08)

I can say that my uncles two snakes(Amel Corn - Red and Cali King - Burton) are in sync and often shed at the same time despite Red being 7 like Sakana(Clutch mates) and Burton only being about 3 years old.


Corn Snakes.
1.0 Butter - Cereus.
1.0 Caramel Stripe het Amel - Vladimir.
0.1 Normal het Amel, Caramel, Hypo - Amara.
0.1 Masque het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, Lavender, Stripe - Aurelia.
1.0 Masque Anery het Amel, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, lavender, Stripe - Orion.
Leopard Gecko's.
Too many to list!!
Rat Snake.
1.0 Yellow Rat Snake - Leviathan(Levi)
Western Hognoses
1.0 Normal 50% poss het Frosted(Dutch Hypo, Caramel) - Thorne.
0.1 Frosted - Rose.
1.0 Anaconda het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Titan.
0.1 Normal het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Nyx.
R.I.P Pandora & Sakana, entwined in my heart forever my darlings.
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Moppet
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
3315 Posts

Posted - 22/06/2013 :  18:34:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wow, Cereus sheds fast. All of my snakes seem to follow the same pattern. They go blue for 2-3 days, clear for 3-4 days then shed.

2.4.0 Corn snakes
1.0.0 horse
0.1.0 Golden retriever
1.4.0 Guinea pigs
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SteGore
Yearling

United Kingdom
546 Posts

Posted - 22/06/2013 :  20:00:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I always get 3 or 4 (different species) in shed at the same time.Maybe its to do with feeding patterns.I feed all of mine over 2 or 3 days, never all on the same day.

2.2.2.Corns-0.2.0.Cali Kings-0.1.0.MBK-1.0.0.Pastel Boa-1.0.0.CCP-0.1.0.Royal-1.0.0 BRB-0.1.0.Spotted Python-0.1.0.Olive Python-0.1.0.Trinket Snake.-1.0.0.Peppermint Pacman Frog-0.2.0.Train Millipedes-0.1.0.Armoured bush Cricket-2.GALS.6 Albino GALS-6 Pancake Slugs.1.Green Mantis.0.1.0.Shi-tzhu cross.
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AcidicAngel
Sub Adult

United Kingdom
1212 Posts

Posted - 22/06/2013 :  21:35:57  Show Profile  Click to see AcidicAngel's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Moppet

Wow, Cereus sheds fast. All of my snakes seem to follow the same pattern. They go blue for 2-3 days, clear for 3-4 days then shed.



I know lol. Mine are both fed on the same day.


Corn Snakes.
1.0 Butter - Cereus.
1.0 Caramel Stripe het Amel - Vladimir.
0.1 Normal het Amel, Caramel, Hypo - Amara.
0.1 Masque het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, Lavender, Stripe - Aurelia.
1.0 Masque Anery het Amel, Charcoal, Diffused, Hypo, lavender, Stripe - Orion.
Leopard Gecko's.
Too many to list!!
Rat Snake.
1.0 Yellow Rat Snake - Leviathan(Levi)
Western Hognoses
1.0 Normal 50% poss het Frosted(Dutch Hypo, Caramel) - Thorne.
0.1 Frosted - Rose.
1.0 Anaconda het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Titan.
0.1 Normal het Snow(Amel, Anery) - Nyx.
R.I.P Pandora & Sakana, entwined in my heart forever my darlings.
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