No, if his "skin" is coming off, he's shedding. Shedding can be stressful to the snake, so don't try and handle him too much. Put him back in his tank, and spray it down till everything is just a bit damp. If you have a humidity gauge, get it up to 70%. Let him take care of the rest.
If he gets stuck shed, that's when you need to give him a bath in luke warm water about an inch deep, and then slowly and carefully (so as to not hurt or stress out you snake) try and peel whatever part of the unshed skin is left off.
If your snake is dehydrated, spray him down nice and well once a day, provide fresh cold water daily, and give him a bath in watered down pedialyte so he can re-absorb whatever electrolites he lost. Pedialyte bath should be happening once a week until signs of dehydration dissapear.
You need to get your warm spot up to 90 degrees, and you cool spot should be at 80-82. Ambient temps should land right in the middle, give or take a few degrees. Humidity should be 50-55% on a normal basis, and up to 70% during shed.
Hope it's just shed! Good luck with your little guy!
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