i've pulled the stuck shed off of a more then a few snakes if done properly it is less stressfull then what it would of been to have a stuck shed. first soak them in luke warm water (keep the water warm by putting snake and stuff on there heater only works good if you got a thermostat to control just how warm the heat tape or under the tank heater stay if no thermostat don't do it) but leave them that way for at least an hour to let the skin get good and saturated soaking up as much water as it can. tools you will need some tweezers i like the rubber tipped so no chance of poking a hole in snake as it reflexes and it will reflex.
ok after the snake has soaked for at least an hour in luke warm water and you got the tweezers (you can make any pair coated by getting you some of that stuff they use to coat scissors holes for kids to use it's a liquid but toughens up to a squishy like coating) once you got that and snake is soaked you gently start pulling the skin got to work several parts at once if it's stuck at the mouth hope your snake won't mind you working around the mouth get it started then once you get it top and bottom where it flips then you won't need the tweezers anymore unless it tears and leaves no way to grab it once you get it behind it's head he should be able to work the rest the way off himself.
i had this happen to a green tree python neo and thats how i got it off recently the neo was literally laying on the floor of the cage close to death with the stuck shed dried out and snake stuck where he couldn't move. and only if it is stuck that way is this method recommended. cause you got to get the stuck shed from around mouth first so it can be stressful. but when it gets to the point where the snake is so tired from trying that it gives up on normal way of shedding. you got to choose between loosing the baby to a stuck shed this is the method you use cuase even if soaking and getting the stuck shed wet again the snake is so stressed out or tired from trying it can't or won't try to move.
mind if i pm you with a few questions about your Stimson's Python it is a species i planned on trying to breed and can't find vary many caresheets for them that is all that informative
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