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Shedding in sinc?

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Do snakes shed in sinc when kept in groups?

I ask because I currently have 10 snakes (all the same species) in pretty close proximity, and currently 4 of them are blue at the same time. Normally they shed every 3 months or so, so that's quite a coincidence.

I've never kept this many snakes before, and I wondered if the larger keepers see this at all?

(I am reminded of how a community of women living or working together often come into sinc with each others cycles, thank goodness snakes don't seem to suffer from PMS) :reddevil:
 
I thought of the same thing, but my guess is that it is more related to the schedules we put them on - snakes that are in similar growth phases, and fed the same meals on the same schedule, progressing at the same rates.
 
Well, they are all fed together, but I've only had 5 of them for 2 months, and there's quite a range of ages, sexes and sizes. One is temporarily boarding with me while her owner's away and has only been with us for 4 weeks.

Previously I kept three all the same age together and they seemed to shed at random intervals.

I thought maybe I'd reached critical hormonal mass or something, but then I guess breeders would experience mass ecdysis events, which I've never heard of! :D
 
Lol, I often wondered this myself. Seems like when one of my guys goes into shed, usually 2 or 3 more are to follow in the next 24 hours, and I keep 4 different species of animals at varying sizes! Today I had my burm, and 3 boas shed out. They all went blue within about 3 days of each other. It's so strange
 
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