Well, not just the first shed I'm ever seeing, but also the first snake poop. Does shedding and pooping/peeing usually happen all at the same time?

After what looked like strenuous work inside the hide for an hour, I thought it strange that Patriot came out and wasn't going back in. Only after I shone a flashlight into it did I see the poop. Holy cow, the snake went from 160g to 130g after that thing came out! Good thing it was visible and that I'm still up to clean everything. All the newspaper layers were wet too, so there must've been a lot of pee. And right on top of the UTH, too (stress cracks?).

Yesterday his eyes were opaque/blue and he never uncoiled from the ball he was in while I held him. This morning I lifted his hide up to check his eyes (clear) and he immediately S-shaped quite aggressively, completely opposite of yesterday. But right now he didn't mind my picking him up and putting him into a temporary container while I quickly disposed of all the ick and laid fresh newspaper inside. His shed isn't coming off whole, even though the humidity has been above 60% this past week or so.

This is all quite fascinating!