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My BP seems to have a COMPLETELY stuck shed, help!
I'm a new BP owner, and I've had Salem for about 1 1/2 months now. She's always eaten easily and had all your typical healthy BP characteristics: lazy during the day, more active at night, extremely calm temperament when being handled, and never declined a meal. I could tell about 2 weeks ago she was probably getting ready to shed because she had some small wrinkles at the bend of her neck and her color was starting to dull. Her eyes never really turned blue (I might have missed it). Anywho, we've had a warmer fall here in Alabama this year, so humidity was relatively easy to keep up at around 60%, so I thought we were good. Well, I went out of town for 2 days and it just so happens that's when temperatures dropped drastically and I returned home to a tank that was down to 20% humidity and a REALLY wrinkly Salem!! I'm worried sick because I guess she tried to shed, but couldnt because humidity was so low. She had a few scraggly pieces of shed on her face that she rubbed off, but it totally didn't shed ANYWHERE else on her body. So for the past 3 days I've upped the humidity to 80-90% by misting, adding a water bowl, and covering 2/3 of the screen top with a damp towel. She's seemed so lethargic, and I can't tell if she's also really dehydrated. I gave her a 10 min warm bath the day after I saw her so wrinkled, but it didn't help any with shedding, it only helped her to use the bathroom. Last night I ran to PetSmart and bought some Shedding Aid and sprayed it onto her and massaged her. Still no difference today. I'm panicking because I'm not sure what else to do. I started sobbing looking at her because I'm afraid I'm causing her a lot of discomfort, and I'm so worried about her harboring an infection under dry skin that won't shed. I saw where another user (tigerlily) recommended a shallow warm bath for 45 min to an hour in a plastic container INSIDE of the enclosure and then to rub. But it just doesn't look like there's anywhere to help rub the shed off because it's all still attached I'm sorry if I rambled too long, please help!
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