Greetings everyone.

I am going to rescue a ball python from a local pet store today. The poor guy is in sad shape. He looks to have had several bad sheds, he is underweight, and he looks to have some scale rot. The store is selling him to me for half off. I am hoping I can get him into better shape.
I have a settup ready for him. It is a sterilite. The humidity is at 65, but I am thinking of upping it for the next week or so to help him shed.

I have helped my other ball python shed in the past (soaked him, then held on to his skin while he wiggled out) and I was wondering if this would be ok for this ball python. He is shedding in patches so I am going to try the old wet towel trick first. I guess I am just a little worried about agitating the scale rot. What do you guys think?

I also read on another post about letting a dehydrated ball soak in some water with a spoon full on pedialyte mixed in. Any thoughts there?

I am also wondering how long I should wait to try to feed him. The store said he is acctually a good feeder but he still looks too skinny.

This will be my first rescue so any advice would be great.
Thanks guys

green-man