This being my first post, I'd like to start by first saying how great everyone is on this forum. Everyone is kind and polite (usually) . I can tell that, for the most part, you all truly care about helping each other maintain these pets. That is the purpose of this Forum after all! I've been reading these forums for about a month. Been gleaning as much as I can to be fully prepared for when a problem pops up, I'll know exactly what to do.

I myself do not yet own any type of reptile. However, I'm extremely interested in BPs and I intend to buy several hatchlings from a friend and local breeder. After proving to myself that I can care for these animals, I hope to breed them. Now, to end the boring details about myself, and move on to the question.

My english teacher has an '09 Pastel ball python named Jackson. (Jackson is in fact the very snake that first caught my attention to BPs. I always ask her to let me hold him in study halls ) Her apartment won't allow her to keep pets, so she keeps him in her classroom. Now since learning a LOT about BP husbandry (mostly thanks to you good folks ) I wondered how she maintained her humidity in the not-so-humid, usually chilly, English classroom. Well, today I discovered she wasn't maintaing good Humid. levels.

I came in this morning and she was holding Jackson. I noticed how gray he was and asked if he was about to shed. "He is shedding," she said. I found it awesome that I now knew enough about BPs to catch on to this. (lol) I came back to class later that day to check up on him. I wanted to see how his shed was going. It wasn't. Bad shed. *I knew there was no way she had good enough humid. in there*

My teacher was holding Jackson over the trash can and violently peeling off his skin. So, FINALLY, (sorry I have a sporadic brain ) to the question. If a BP is having a bad shed, is it a bright idea to manually peel off their skin? Jackson didn't seem to mind, but then again, he doesn't seem to mind ANYTHING.

Main idea= Peeling off BPs bad shed is good or bad?

Thanks!