Because snakes continue growing throughout their lives, they never stop shedding their skin. however, young snakes will shed more frequently because they are growing at a more rapid rate than older snakes. on average, snakes will shed their skin four to eight times yearly.. Snakes shed their skin to allow for further growth and to remove parasites that may have attached to their old skin. as a snake grows, its skin becomes stretched. unlike human skin , a snake 's skin doesn't grow as the animal grows.. This shedding is not without purpose: snakes replace their skins to allow for growth, as well as to remove parasites along with the old skin. as a snake grows, its skin becomes stretched and worn. a point is reached when it cannot accommodate further growth, so a new skin grows underneath..
When a snake sheds its skin normally, the process is referred to as ecdysis. when the process doesn�t go smoothly and the skin sheds in flakes, pieces, or fails to come off properly in any way, the proper term becomes dysecdysis.. The molting of the skin occurs regularly in snakes. this is when old skin is outgrown. in the case of snakes, it is called shedding or ecdysis. snakes will rub against rough surfaces to shed their skin. a shed skin is much longer than the snake that shed it, as the skin covers the top and bottom of each scale.. When i saw that the snake was beginning to shedd the skin, i took it out of the terrarium and give it into a smaller glass box to take a video. so don't worry, i don't keep him in this little box.
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