Hi guys, I'm kind of a new owner...took a kind of neglected adult ball from a guy going home after college...I'm still adjusting the heats and humidity, will be getting a bigger tank and therms soon.

In the meantime: my ball just shed a few days ago (almost whole! more humidity!), and fed the day afterwards...but the end of the underbelly, I guess the tail, still has some pink to it. I'm using an UTH and newspaper in a glass tank (overcast days I may offer a light during the day)...the paper's folded in half and layered a bit...part of the pad has a double layer over it, part of it a single (think thin-ish 'sections' so not a single sheet but several..). His hide is half way over the pad area, giving him a cooler side and a warmer side.

So, is he getting mildly burned or does the pink stick around a little while afterwards? I've read the FAQs but it didn't tell me much about how long it takes for the pink shed belly to fade back to normal. I find it odd that its only near the end, if he was getting burned it be more widespread, right?

Thanks for any advice!

-Jenna