This would be my boy's first shed since I've had him. All's going well, but the only issue is that I'm meant to leave tomorrow (Sunday) morning and won't be back until Friday afternoon. It's possible that I can stick around for one extra day, but that would be it. I checked on him a few days ago to find that his eyes were still a bit cloudy, and I just now checked on him again, and he's all cleared up. My guesstimate of when the cycle started would be last Saturday or Sunday. Now, since it's been some time since I last saw him with cloudy eyes, I can't say when exactly he cleared up. But I know that it still can be days before he actively begins to shed, and (although I'm confident in his humidity levels), even more time could be wasted on a sloppy shed, and I'd have to intervene at some point and soak him. This can all happen by Wednesday, for all I know.
My question is this, then: how imperative is it that I stick around through the whole cycle? I do have a neighbor who's agreed to check on him daily, change out his water dish and all that, so he won't go completely unmonitored. If he sheds in one piece, excellent, I can ask my neighbor to remove the shed and whatever other excrement might come along with it (he also hasn't pooped since I've had him), and all should be well. In the case that he does shed in pieces, though, how long can he go before assistance is required? Let's say he starts to shed as early as Tuesday, but doesn't manage to get it all off. Could he last as long as until Friday before I can be there to soak him? I'd really, really hate to have to stay behind for an unforseeable amount of time before I can leave with the rest of my family.
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