I recently purchased a male 2010 normal, and he has just gone into his first shed with me. The problem is, the skin on his head is split open, but he's making no effort to actually shed. He also didn't even look dull until this morning, we were totally surprised to find two little bits of skin around the tank.

So, Friday night we fed him, and he seemed totally normal. Not dull, no blueing, he ate fine. Then Saturday morning I look in on him and his skin is coming off! He rubbed some of it off on his water dish and had some of it peeled up around his head. So, I waited for him to start shedding, but he didn't do anything. He just lay in his hide all day. In the evening he transferred into his warm hide, but still made no effort to shed. I decided to wait 24 hours before assisting, thinking he would shed in the night, but I checked him this morning and he's exactly the same. The only difference is that now he's finally looking dull.

Temps are 90 on the hot side, 80 on the cool. Humidity's a little low for a shed at about 60, b/c he didn't tell me he was shedding, but I've been trying to bring it up.

My question is, should I leave him alone until he has actually tried to shed? Or should I soak him now?