Shedding in pieces, how long to wait?

[enchantress62]

I've had my baby for 3 months and this is the first time she has shed. She didn't eat last week and yesterday while transfering her into a better environment I noticed that she had shed the first 1/3 of her body. The humidity in her old viv was about 65%, hense the reason I moved her, and when she was placed in her new home she circled the waterdish 4 times and drank each time. The humidity in her new home is at 80% and has lots of rough edges so I think she'll probably be ok but how long should I wait before helping her get all the shed off?

[blueberrypancakes]

Well... I'm pretty impatient with incomplete sheds. Whenever Jacks had a bad one, after he had gotten off everything he could the first time around, I just put him on a shallow tub of water with a rough clean dishtowel. He typically finished it himself that way. Only once I had to to anything more, and I just made a tube with the towel and let him crawl through it.
I always did it as soon as I noticed his shed wasn't complete.

[enchantress62]

Update... I left Baloo alone in her new environment for 24 hours and she shed the rest of her skin. Right now she's eating and all is well.

[blueberrypancakes]

Thats great news! I love sheds, I bet she's lookin lovely...

[enchantress62]

She's beautiful and so bright. This is her first shed for me so it's extra exciting. lol I fed her yesterday so I have to wait until tomorrow before handling but I can't wait to see her shiney new skin.

[Annarose15]

I've had my baby for 3 months and this is the first time she has shed. She didn't eat last week and yesterday while transfering her into a better environment I noticed that she had shed the first 1/3 of her body. The humidity in her old viv was about 65%, hense the reason I moved her, and when she was placed in her new home she circled the waterdish 4 times and drank each time. The humidity in her new home is at 80% and has lots of rough edges so I think she'll probably be ok but how long should I wait before helping her get all the shed off?

Just for future reference, 65% was perfectly fine for a shed humidity. If her new home stays around 80%, there's an increased risk of bacterial and fungal growth, which can lead to scale rot and other issues. Oh, and make sure those "rough" edges aren't actually sharp or so rough she can injure herself (you probably already took that into account, but I hate assuming).

[snakesRkewl]

I'm not sure what you're reading your humidity with but if the shed came off in pieces you're humidity is probably lower than you think.