Quote Originally Posted by miarwi View Post
Hi, I'm jagolden's mom. I'm actually more interested in the back arching. We normally put larger water bowls in their tubs when they go into shed, misting them regularly, etc. We have a 9 year old, 2000 gram male, retired breeder, that will submerge his entire body in water throughout the shed process. We normally don't have many issues with bad sheds. Our Burmese required assistance for quite awhile before he "figured" it out, we would soak him then rub him down with a wet towel as you described. I've always enjoyed "moisturizing" them, using the tips of my fingers to lightly massage the length of their body, their scales/skin look so tight, I imagine it to be soothing? I'm not trying to speed up the shed process. Concerning our yearling bp, she's still a few days away from shedding. What caught our interest was the arching, the way she followed my fingers and rolling onto her back. She is always very hissy when she goes into shed and normally my sessions with her don't last long, I don't want to stress her out. But for whatever reason, yesterday was totally out of the norm for her. She was content, she didn't squirm or "ball" up, as I ran my fingertips over her she would arch up against my hand, roll onto her back, she was literally "like putty in my hands". This went on for over an hour, this was the first time I choose to put her up instead of putting her up because she was stressing. This was something I have never experienced with any of our reptiles and as my son stated, there's nothing to indicate sickness. I'm just curious if anyone else has experienced anything like this before, if so, what is your take on it?
I wouldn't worry about it.
Mine get downright goofy with the squirmies.

[heck, if somebody would give me such a nice, long gentle massage, I'd be wiggling and giggling too]