"Caress" had her first shed with me Friday night. It wasn't all in one peice, but it was a good one. (I was impressed with how beautiful and colorful she was afterwards! NOT the same snake I rescued!) I was wondering how long after a shed before it is ok to handle her? Given her history, I didn't want to agitate her, and I haven't found any information concerning if the shedding process is painful to the animal or not...? I want to get the feces and shed skin out of her enclosure. Also, I heard something about some kind of oil (conditioner?) that you buy to put on her after shed? (I didn't find any information about that either?)

Thanks to all of the kind people who responded to my first post...it was very helpful and i appreciated it...

Dennis McFaralnd