no, corns do not shed once a month.
Every snake sheds on its own time as needed. No two snakes are going to act the same.
Somebody mentioned above, "They are designed to go 2 weeks without food if necessary." Huh? I don't even understand that.
A snake can actually live several months without food. Corn snakes are notorious for going on hunger strikes anyway, especially if it's a male, but the females sometimes do too. Just about any snake will go without food during a shed, and if the temperature falls a few degrees they may even "Slow Down" not necessarily a Brumation but I've heard it referred to as a semi-brumation. Anyway their metabolism slows down and so they may not eat if that's the case too.
Speaking of my own experience, my snake Rufus has shed twice since I've had him. His first shed he ate while he was still in blue. But this last time he didn't eat at all. In fact he didn't eat for over 3 weeks, and he's fine.
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