Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
A good shed starts with long term good husbandry. If you haven't had this guy for long then he may have a bad shed or two, even if you keep him in ideal conditions, due to the damage done before you got him.

Please don't soak while your snake is in blue as that can be counter-productive. You can soak him after he starts to pop the shed. Just keep his humidity up while he's in blue.

Since you use newspaper as substrate then he would probably benefit from having a humid hide. It gives him a place to go with high humidity without you having to turn the newspaper into a damp mess.

With correct conditions he may just pop his own eye caps. If he doesn't they should come off with his next shed.

Finally, shed ease is snake oil. Your money would be better spent on spaghnum moss for his humid hide.
I have only had him about a week. He is not in blue. His eyes cleared on Saturday or at least what I could see of them. I have put a humid hide in with him but he refuses to use it, So right now it is just being used to keep the humidity up.

Quote Originally Posted by Kaorte View Post
Soak the snake for longer. Room temp water with a few small air holes, some paper towel for him to grip on to. I'd leave him in there for quite a while. Just leave him on a table within your field of vision so you can keep an eye on him.

After maybe 45 min to an hour, try gently rubbing the skin off his head. Don't mess with the eye caps. If they come off, great. If not, just wait til next shed. If the skin doesn't seem loose enough to rub off with a damp paper towel or cloth, keep him in the soaking tub.

Its really not that bad. No need to go to a vet. I've actually heard of vets blinding snakes trying to get eye caps off.

And no reason why he can't eat with a little stuck shed. Not a huge deal.
Thanks I have him soaking right now, his shed is coming off in pieces and not in one piece. He is definitely trying to work off the shed on his head so I will continue to let him try. I have never had this issue with my corn snakes they shed so easily.