# Do any snakes eat their own skin after shedding/moulting?

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**Created:** [May 7, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-snakes-eat-their-own-skin-after-shedding-moulting/403061 "2007-05-07T03:58:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\
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I imagine it’s for the same reason most human mothers don’t eat the birth placenta. Snakes have their own taboos.

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**Author:** ![auntlohimein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/74df32/32.png) [@auntlohimein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/auntlohimein)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-snakes-eat-their-own-skin-after-shedding-moulting/403061/23 "2022-10-04T20:40:02Z")

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I wonder if the skin, A.got balled up B, became rat scented ? I’ve been collecting, breeding, etc. all manner of herps since 1968, never saw a skin dinner. Btw I trained my F3 pink and white licorice stick black rat to eat chicken dog food out of the can. I’ll try for a pic.

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