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    Fantastic! I would stop your treatments now, since it looks like she might have gotten all of the retained caps off. If there's one remaining, leaving it is less of a risk than it is to try to "remove" if it actually isn't retained. Just monitor her next shed and keep her humidity up and her substrate fairly dry (for the last remnant of scale rot to go away).
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    Re: Special needs baby.

    I'm not planning on doing anything more, treatment, wise with her. Mostly just keeping an eye on the belly spot, and keeping humidity stable. She already ate, so she's a happy camper. Have to admit, I've been grinning all day about her eye.

    I know some people will try and remove a retained cap, I'm not one of those. I've heard of using tape, and tweezers and scratching at it... The only retained cap I pulled off of her was already loose, and broken, it had a split down the middle that I gently rubbed off. If she does have another layer, it should come off with the next shed.
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    Balls -
    0.1 Pastel BP - Bobbitt
    0.1 Norm BP - Eeeek
    0.1 Cinni BP - Ruby
    0.1 Poss Fire Bp - Inferno

    Corns -
    1.0 Hypo Amel Motley Corn - Stiletto

    Geckos-
    0.1 Hypo Tangerine Carrot Tail Baldy Leopard Gecko - Dragon
    1.0 Hypo (Poss Tangerine) Leopard Gecko - Hades

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    Re: Special needs baby.

    Yay! Congratulations on a job well done. The before and after shots are startlingly different.

    A word about snakes (pets) and finances (forgive me if I sound defensive): I don't have a lot of money. None, actually- about $160/month for food, gas, etc after bills. But I was given a free snake. I came on here to find out about optimal care to keep her healthy. I spent the money to get her husbandry right, even tho it wiped out my carefully hoarded reserves. She eats before I do. If she were to get sick, I would come on here to get as much advice as possible and treat her as best I could before resorting to a vet visit I can't afford. But if she absolutely needed a vet, I would find the money somehow (car payment can wait...). I've really really REALLY wanted a BRB for years, and one showed up on craigslist for only $50 while I was looking for stuff for Pandora- and I didn't get it because I decided I couldn't afford it while I was still getting Pandora set up. And now that she's set up, I still can't afford to set up another snake so I won't be getting one.
    BUT: If I came across a snake that was in super bad shape and the owner was planning to throw it in the freezer- I'd have her home in a heartbeat. Regardless of finances. I couldn't in good conscience do otherwise. I don't consider that irresponsible or harmful, and I would do my best with what I had- as the OP clearly did.

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    Re: Special needs baby.

    You saved a life!!! Congratulations!

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