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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oursapoil" data-source="post: 193784" data-attributes="member: 33266"><p>The younger the T the more often they'll molt. Females will molt all their lives (although it slows down once fully mature) and males will stop after their ultimate molt (when they reach sexual maturity). The main difference between snakes and Ts is that snakes replace their top skin layer (their bones are inside their bodies) when Ts molt their exoskeleton as their outside is their "bones" in order to grow. This is why they are so fragile during and right after the molt as they are soft and do not have any protection. Other might be able to explain it better but I believe this is pretty much the idea <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>