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Question about frogs shedding and eating skin

Herpin Man

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They pull the old skin from back to front, towards the mouth, and swallow it. It just slides over the new skin.
The layer of skin being shed is transparent, which is why you can't easily see it.
 

ArnoldTheMander

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In person its alot easier to see. Especially towards the end when all of the skin has bunched up. They sort of drag it towards their mouth
 

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I have dart frogs and honestly even knowing what I was looking at I wasn't able to observe the skin itself. My frogs in the morning just open their mouth for a bit and looking like they are gasping, but its really just them eating skin /shrug, weird for us but normal for them.
 
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