Last month JJ had found a Garter snake and we decided to keep it. We went out and bought him everything that he needs to live a comfy life. Everyday we check on him. 3 times I have found him out of the cage..not cool
Anyhow over the past week we noticed his eyes turn a shade of blue. Today when I came in the class I found ….
Our little pal shed his 1st skin for us. I looked up some info and I came across…..
“As snakes grow, their skin does not grow with them. Instead they shed their skin all at once in one large piece, revealing a new skin underneath. The snake initiates the shedding by rubbing its nose and mouth on the ground until the skin is pushed up and then it crawls forward and out of the old skin, much as a sock would be unrolled off a foot. The whole skin can come off in one long inside-out strip. The shed skin is not exactly the same size as the snake though, because it may have stretched during the process of shedding. The faster a snake grows the more often it sheds its skin. Young snakes which are growing rapidly may shed every 4 to 5 weeks to keep pace with the rapid growth of the body, while a fully grown, mature snake may need to shed only a couple of times a year. Snake eyes are protected by transparent shields and these are removed along with the skin during shedding. Prior to shedding a milky fluid separates the new and old skin and the snake is blind for a few days. They will usually hide during this time and are very irritable” (info from Garter Snake)
Having the snake that I dont like very much has been so educational for us.
This post is linked to HHH and Science Sunday
