Scale shedding?

OK Old worry wart here....My BP just shed last night, and as sassafrass' a couple of post's above, he had kind of a bad shed. He shed is many, many piece's. This may be my fault. Approx. 4 night's ago I started taking his large water tub out at night because I, not he, thought he was staying in it to long and getting to cold. So during the night I would exchange it for a small bowl just so that he would have water available, but not enough to soak in. When I noticed that he still had some of his old skin still attached in places, not large amounts but 5 or six spot's, I put his big water tub back in with warm water and he did'nt take much time to go to it immediately and is soaking quite happily right now. Now, should I allow him to soak for a while and try to get the remaining piece's off, or will they come off by themselve's? Any comments would be appreciated. Also, the former owner claims that he shed about a week before I purchaced him. I have only had him 5 week's. Two sheds within two month's? Is this normal?

Let him soak for a bit...then take him out and you should be able to rub the left over skin off easily.

And yes...two sheds in two months is quite normal. Atreyu sheds approx every 6-8 weeks, and Bastian about every 4-6 weeks.

Good luck with the rest of the shed!

Phil is at the moment undergoing an enforced soak. His shed seems to be going rather slowly, and in many small pieces. He doesn't seem to be real happy with the soak, but I think it's just what he needs right now. I figure I'll give him a half hour to an hour, and see how the skin feels after that.

Monty Joe's remaining skin came off with just a little help after he soaked for a couple of hours. Luckily this BP love's the water.

The short soak softened and loosened a lot of Phil's old skin, but as I said, he wasn't real happy about it. I left the larger dish in his terrarium last night, in case he decided he wanted to voluntarily soak some more. He still has a few pieces of skin about ready to come off, but I figured I'd probably stressed him enough already. We'll see how things look when I get home this evening.

Tuesday evening addendum:
Phil looks like he finished up his shed just fine. No more traces of dull or loose skin. He's got a nice shiny color again, and looks good.