Help with shed

[Nick_bp]

Since I have had my bp she has shed once with me and I had to shed her myself cuz she couldn't do it after a week and a half. I had the humidity up above 70. This time I want to pre soak her and I was wondering when do I do that. Last night her eyes started to lightly change color and today it's full on a opaque color. So when do I soak her?

[steveboos]

Honestly, i wouldn't worry about it, as long as you offer something for her to rub on, she will get it off. Although a week and a half is a long time, it seems as if your humidity isn't high enough. Buy another hygrometer to make sure the one you have is accurate, cause if he isn't shedding it all within a couple days, then its obviously not high enough.

Soaking usually only helps for people who have incorrect husbandry and can't keep the humidity up high enough. But if you insist on doing so, then soak once he looks like normal, after the cloudy eye stage, they will go back to normal, then shed, so i would soak them in a tub with water half way up the body and a towel or pillow case inside the tub.

[Nick_bp]

Ok thank you. I will have to buy another hygrometer to make sure it's right and try and up the humidity

[Jeo123]

Make sure it's a digital one. Those dials aren't exactly the most accurate thing out there.

[sarahlovesmiike]

Soaking them will take the oils out of their skin, thus making it harder for them to shed. Try adding some sphagnum moss to the snakes hide, or the towel trick, and it should help tremendously.

[Nick_bp]

whats the towel trick?