A vet appt for a bad shed? Or is there something else going on? It sounds like you may be having a problem keeping the humidity up in the cage. What's the setup like? Really every persons snake here at one point of time or another has a bad shed. Thats a good warning system that you are having a humidity issue. We need to help you figure out how to fix that. It doesnt make you a bad owner.
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