Bad shed? No problem.

[mattchibi]

Hey Guys.
So my adult female has had a bad shed 2 weeks ago.
Cage details: Wooden cage with glass front. 2 plastic hides. large water bowl. Newspaper substrate. 65% humidity.

This is the first time it has happened and is very bad! I am stressing.
On her belly there are a few patches (each about 6cm) with stuck shed. I have soaked her numerous times like in this post but it wont seem to come of. Only a few Very very small pieces flake of. The scales seem slightly discoloured where the stuck shed is but seems fine once the bad shed flakes of (in those few spots where it does flake of).

She sits in her water bowl alot of the day so i guess it is bothering her as well.

Is it ok to leave the balance of the stuck shed till her next shed? And should i offer her food as usual? I have not attempted a feed yet since her bad shed.

All assistance is appreciated.

Try soaking for around 60 minutes, and try getting as much off in one sitting. I was soaking my lesser who had a terrible stuck shed, like you described, and it was from neck to tail, and it took me 4 soaks to get it all off. The first two soaks didnt even help because I did it only for 15~ minutes because I was being squeamish and thought she didnt like it, only a few flakes came off. The last two soaks, I did for almost an hour each, in a bath tub with regulated water temps. Sometimes, when its really stuck, it takes 30~ minutes to actually moisten the stuck shed to the point where it is wet and stretchy, and not still clinging tightly to the skin. The damp towel worked at times for me, but I also had to use my hands to manually peel some of the stuck shed because there was so much, and some of it was stuck so tightly to the skin. I had to make sure to be gentle, but also exerting enough force to lightly "roll" the stuck shed off. It took a whole two hours to work all of the shed off and I can tell shes already a lot less grumpy and is more relaxed. Good luck!