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How often should a corn snake shed?

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Blaqwraith

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I got my snake (Pandora) in November and since I've had her, her first shed with me was January 19th, then the most recent has been March 9th. Is this normal? Is she just a slow grower?
 
Depends on age, size, and how often they eat. A small hatchling would shed on average once a month, if that helps at all.

It would help if you posted the above stats. :)
 
It also depends whether they are a breeding female as this will bring on the pre- and post-laying sheds in addition. Also, most snakes will shed a few weeks after coming out of brumation.
Your snake has shed twice in less that two months, and that doesn't sound at all unusual.
 
I do believe that my snake was hatched in October, because she was about 12 or a little less than 12 inches when I got her in November. Right now she's about 19 1/2 inches long. I'm starting to put her on two pinkies now, well unless some of the pinkies are rather large because occassionally they'll give me these really big sized pinkies, then that's when I only feed her one, but if it's two small ones I give her two.
 
Hmmmm...all of mine are right around that age, and they shed once a month, and sometimes as often as every 3 weeks. I don't know how often you feed, but I feed every five days, so that may figure in if you feed less often.

Here are the times between their most recent sheds:
Sienna (October)- 4 weeks
Trogdor (July)- 3 weeks
Melony (Sept)- 3.5 weeks

(hatch month in parentheses)

Hopefully this info helps a bit. Like someone said before, it could depend on how often you feed. Also, all of mine are PIGS and eat voraciously, and seem to be growing rather quickly. However, I am pretty sure that for the first year shedding once a month is fairly average. I'm sure that a less frequent shedding cycle is probably nothing to worry about though. :)
 
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