Please help! Aggressive baby ball python!

[Snake Judy]

She has super-rough sheds. She refuses to soak or go near her water on her own and that was one reason the vet had her in the first place. He had to inject liquid under her skin and force-soak her to shed, and to rehydrate her. She has been aggressive with me since I got her back from him in November. I will definitely try the washcloth idea!

A scale is not in the budget right now. I am currently asking around to see if someone has one I can borrow. I have friends who do a lot of mailing, so I assume one should have a postal scale! I did a decade ago, but no longer have it.

Yikes, no wonder she's upset! I agree you should look for a new vet, that doesn't sound right at all to me.

Gonna restate that soaking is unnecessary and can actually be harmful to the shedding process. Instead, make sure the humidity in your enclosure is at least 60% and bump it up closer to 70% when you notice she's going into shed. You might also want to consider adding a humid hide to the enclosure. Make/buy a new well-enclosed hide (a modified tupperware container can work well here) and fill it with sphagnum moss. Keep the moss damp at all times, but not so wet that you can wring water out of it. You'll have to maintain it probably once every day or two. This will give your girl a nice high-humidity retreat to go to when she needs it.