Quote Originally Posted by Emily Hubbard View Post
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.
Almost without fail, several of my BPs will "hold it" until it's their day to be taken out and loved up.

I'm not sure if they're just compulsively fussy about messing up *their* homes or if they're making some kind of scatological statement....

My male Pastel has apparently never read the rule about "pre-shed soaking".

As soon as his goes pink, he starts soaking and I have to help him get the last bits off.

The other 2 males never soak and when I'm not looking, they leave me a neatly rolled skin outside the door of their hides.

And then they let loose of everything the next time I take them out.

The girls never evacuate their entire payloads onto my lap.

I'm not sure what "message" I'm being given.

[I'm so happy I could just ****?"



[thank heaven the Dumerils doesn't 'let 'er rip' on my lap]....LOL