2 month old bp won't finish shedding?! Help.

[CaylanDubya]

All of the husbandry is correct. He has his head out, but stopped trying to take the rest of the skin off. It has been 4-5 days. In that time he also ate. Any ideas would be appreciated. I also got him in a slightly malnourished condition I believe. I will be posting pictures one i figure out how. But to sum up his appearance it looks like his skin his much looser than normal healthy looking bp's. I've had him 4 weeks and he had ate the past 3 weeks like a champ.

[Archimedes]

To post pictures, you'll need to upload them to Photobucket or another image-hosting site, then copy-paste the link into the thread.

We'll need to know more about his exact conditions-- hotspot, cool temp, humidity, hides, feeding size, age, etc. Pic would help too, but hopefully with the explanation those will be up in short order.

[CaylanDubya]

I got him on 5/17/13 from our local snake store; the person told me he was 2-3 weeks hold and she didn't know if he had ate or shed.. Pretty sad, I know. He was 60 grams upon arrival. I had the enclose set up upon arrival at home. It's a 20L glass tank, the top is covered to maintain humidity between 60-70%, the hot spot is 86-87 degrees, and the ambient air is 80 degrees. He ate a fuzzy mouse first week home, and the past two weeks he has ate hopper mice no problem. Throughout he night he is active and uses the hides provided on both the cold and hot side of the tank. Two weeks ago he went into the blue and then cleared up. After that he had his head out of shed and the rest has remained. He has wrinkles on his sides that look excessive. I don't know if its from the skin not coming off or is he dehydrated?

[nate212]

You could try and use a warm wet cloth or towel and let him run through to help get the rest of the shed off

[Archimedes]

Here's my suggestion: Get a rubbermaid tub and fill it with lukewarm water, enough to cover half up his flanks. Once he's in, replace the lid and set it on the warm side of his tank for a half-hour to 40 minutes. Then let him crawl through the damp cloth. It worked like a charm when I had to do it.

Also, that hotspot can go up to 90, 92.