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MrBredli
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I fed a sub adult Diamond a nice sized rat a while back and didn't realize she was up for a shed until she already had the rat in her mouth (if i had've known i probably wouldn't have bothered feeding her). I checked on her a few hours later and she was in the process of shedding, the skin peeled back over itself (like those latex things the Pope hates) and it was stuck where the large lump in her gut was. The skin was very tight (like a rubber band) and i doubt she would have been able to get it past the lump without my help, whether this would have caused her any issues i'm unsure of. I was able to help her get the skin off, but as a result of the incident i now always err on the side of caution, and don't feed when i know a snake is coming up to a slough.