The amazing triple shed!!!

[gregmonsta]

All three of our garters are in shed ... all three species and all at the same time :D amazing!!!

[Lori P]

Wow!! That IS amazing-- what, are they all co-ordinating some major break out attempt and decided to synchronize sheds to make it easier??!!

[drache]

maybe it's a seasonal thing

[Zephyr]

maybe it's a seasonal thinglol
That works too.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

This happens to me quite often. At some times in the year, up to three quarters of my 30 garter snakes will go into shed at once!!!

[mycolorfulheart]

When I had hermit crabs they would always molt at the same time.

[Sputnik]

Could it be a mmmh, hormonal thing? You know when several women live together their cycles (no not bicycles!) also coincide. Something to do with the smell. Apparently. Eek.

[Lori P]

Yeah, I was thinking that too... the vets call it Hell Week at our office. LOL

[gregmonsta]

:) could be .... I think that for the red-sided and the florida blue it was to be expected as they are very close to each other agewise. The radix on the other hand is a good bit older ... maybe he just felt like joining in with Slithers as they're tankmates?

[drache]

one of my kings, who just shed less than a month ago, is shedding again - in synch with the king in the neighboring tank
at the same time four of my garters are in shed, as is the crested gecko
and whether it's a hormonal thing I wouldn't know, but the women's cycle is a form of sloughing as well - just interior rather than exterior
who knows - perhaps snakes repond to the moon or the weather or something else we're not aware of in the same way

[enigma200316]

I think its just how they grow, and it is just a coincidence that they are shedding together at this time...but its kool to see them all go through it
at once..............:D

[adamanteus]

Yeah, Justin's right. It's just coincidence.;)

[Serpentine99]

Yeah, Justin's right. It's just coincidence.;)

His ancestors were the ones that made fun of Galileo for saying the Universe does not revolve around us.:D

[MoJo]

I think a lot of hobbyists notice that their reptiles shed in groups. Shedding is hormonal so I have always compared it to the menstrual cycle. They get cranky too!

[Stefan-A]

I can't confirm it, my snakes have never really shed in groups. My vagrans shed practically simultaneously once, within 2 hours of each other, but after that, they've been drifting apart and they've shed about 2 weeks apart for the last several sheds. It was more or less the same with my parietalis couple. My snakes certainly don't have a pattern. :)

[Snaky]

Here it's also pure coincidence. I've known that lot of them shed together and known periods were everybody was shedding way apart of anybody else. So don't really think there's a pattern.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

i have three juvi radix from scott felzer and they alway always always shed at the same time