Im a new BP owner have had him for about 3 months now, never had a problem feeding him he has always been active and well mannered.
Recently he seems ot have had a bad shed. not by Humidity issues, i keep it at 50% all the time and he has a little humidity cave thats over the hot side of the tank.
Cold side is 80* F and hot side is 94*F with a basking spot of 100*F
he has shed twice before actually and they always were perfect.
this time however he has shed completely in one piece except for the top of his head adn the top side of the base of his head back for about 4 inches. the res, Eye caps, bell and the rest of his body all the way around even the tip of his tail shed no issues and perfectly. its been 3 days and he has gotten some more off but not all of it. im worried about scale rot or some irritation. i have given him a bath in tepid water and let him crawl through my hands and it has removed little of it. its troublesome because its on the top of his head and his neck and i fear hurting him as he is only about 6 months old. or so i was told by the Breeder i got him from.
Now he is due for a feeding but id really like to get this old shed off first because after a feed i dont handle him for at least 48H. my main issue is. when i put him in water unless im holding him i cant tell ig he is having a fun tile splashing around or if he is panicking. he doesn't seem to breath rapidly and look like his heart is beating a mile a minute but he does like ot thrash in the water on occasion, even though its so very shallow that there is no need for him to swim at all. am i stressing him to much? second question is. he seems to have slowed down and has taken to his wines and trees to climb and hid in since this bad shed started. should i be concerned or is it his way of telling me that he is not feeling the greatest because of this shed that went a little bit bad.
any tips on helping him remove this shed since its in a delicate area on him would help, he is very mild tempered and has never ever even poised to strike ta me so handling him inst the problem, its fear of stress or hurting him... also, i have been feeding him fuzzy mice one a week he is about 13" long should he get 1 or 2? He has only been getting 1.
His name is Monty i know its a clechee, but my girlfriend named him it was part of the agreement for her to let me bring a snake into the house let alone our bed room lol. i wanted to name him "Hanging J" because thatch his favorite shape to make when i handle him and my name is Jeff but that was out the window lol
thanks allot for the help, ive been a long time lurker here just registered. been reading since before i got my BP