Starting to worry...He seems...Puffy

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Originally Posted by DeadLegs

If you were soaking to help the shed, and it still went bad then you more than likely didn't soak long enough or had some other element putting it off. When I was first attempting to get correct humidity levels with my Pastel, she had probably 3 sheds that i had to give her a good soak to get through good and they all went fine. Her last two were unassisted and immaculate.

So to say that soaking during shed causes problems, well...in all experiences I've seen it's just not true.

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Shouldn't have to soak... :)

All 6 of my snakes shed fine now.. It's winter time and the humidity levels have dropped to a disgusting level, now I use a humidifier. I've only had to do it once, but maybe if you read through some old threads you would understand a little more.

This is why I have moved to a rack and use tubs instead of an aquarium.

How do you know the shed is going to be bad or how do you know if it needs assistance?

So hows the OPs snake doing? My BP Apollo just went threw his shed looking puffy and being a crank pot. I worried very little about it because he is just terrible during sheds and is a bit of a problem snake. He shed in one piace (first time for everything) and left a nice poop in the shed too. He refused to eat however and was still puffy. I kept the humidity up and within 3 days time of it he left me a mmassiiiivveeeeee poop. Just insanely huge! I think what ended up happening is that he hadn't pooped or peed for me a in the past month, when he shed it just all came out! The little creep is fine and dandy, hungry as hell too. :)