Quote Originally Posted by Salamander View Post
I just went through this last night with one of my BPs.

I put him on my lap and wrapped a warm, wet paper towel around the end of his tail for about 5 minutes and then started slowly rubbing the paper towel front-to-back and the tail tip shed popped right off.

Then he peed on me.

HAHAHAHA. Funniest thing I have heard all day. Gotta love how they say "thank you." Jerks. haha

I went through something similar with my ball python too. I soaked her three days in a row for 30 min. 3rd time, the little tail bit came off, by which time, we were both over the soaking thing. I just very gently rubbed it with my finger tips, though she spun around with her neck in an S and stared me down. Didn't hiss or strike, but still communicated very well that she was not happy about being soaked 3 times followed by having her tail messed with. Worked though. Oh, the woes of bad sheds. I count that as the most frustrating part of husbandry. Happens to everyone now and then, no matter how obsessively you check your humidity.