Re: My BP has a belly burn and is in the middle of a bad shed
Sampson has now completely shed. The top 1/4 came off mostly in 1 piece, the next 1/4 his back shed in 2 pieces, his tummy was more problematic, he had minor burn spots there that had mostly healed, they have a brown appearance and he shed those in roughly 3-5 in patches. His shed was very brittle on his belly, almost the texture of rice paper. The Next 1/4 was worse with his back coming off in patches, and only with a bit of help, I didn't touch his belly though, it was pretty raw especially at the edges where he had rubbed it on things. I hadn't been messing with his tail, but after reading the posts here I looked a little closer and noticed how pinched it looked After moistening the scales I managed to get it off him, and man the skin was red and raw underneath. I put him back in his home and he promptly crawled under his hide and well hid the remainder of the night, I checked on him briefly this morning (pulled off the hide) and he crawled over to get some water I replaced the hide and he after he finished crawled back in it. This tail tip certainly looked better though. I was glad to see the paper towel was relativly clean under him, no blood and only 1 or 2 places where it looked like he s wounds had oozed. How long should I wait before feeding him? He is 2 days late already. He only eats live BTW.