Hi,

My BP had a very bad shed last week. He is 6 years old and always had near perfect sheds his whole life but this one came off in tons of tiny pieces. By the evening, I did end up helping him with it so that bigger pieces would come off bc he was hardly making any progress. That was over a week ago now but there are still small sections (maybe 5 or 6 patches of only about 5-7 scales each) along his back that won't come off. I've given him some soaks and have been rubbing the patches with damp paper towel and sometimes 1 or 2 scales will come loose but that's all. I've bumped up his humidity in hopes that they would come off but I don't really like keeping his humidity up so high for this long (he was in blue for almost a month before his shed even started.) Im sure it best I just leave the patches alone and they will come off with his next shed, right? I guess I'm just looking for some reassurance since I've never had to deal with a bad shed before. I should also mention that he was off feed prior to this for an extremely long time. After a few vet visits and numerous tests all coming back normal, I had to end up going the route of a dreaded assist feed. It's been a rough month for my poor baby!