I stopped by to visit the the artificial den on the Friday before Christmas and all was quiet. The building was locked over Christmas so I wasn’t able to get back in until Tuesday. When I finally returned, I found a surprise. While all the humans were away celebrating, the snakes had decorated their den for Christmas! Seven of them had shed, leaving the sheds draped artistically over the rocks of the den. It’s unusual for everyone to shed at once, but communal shedding is sometimes seen in the wild.
Wild snakes brumate (a state similar to hibernation) through the winter, so they only shed once or twice a year. These captive snakes are active and growing year-round, so may shed more often.
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