2 Part Question: BP Shed and Poop

[KingWheatley]

You're not going to cut the oxygen supply, reptiles have different oxygen requirements but you would still obviously have to make air holes just like if you would put him in a tub, not too much so that humidity would escape but just a few holes to have some air flow.You are also reading into your snake way too much. He's not going to hate you in the common sense that you are thinking of. If anything he might just associate you with an unpleasant experience. Honestly, if the humidity problem is fixed in the enclosure, he'll figure out how to shed himself. Helping a snake with their shed is generally very unpleasant and should only be done IF and ONLY IF you haven't fixed the humidity and it's been roughly two weeks and they still haven't shed. Ball pythons aren't helpless as you might think. They're good and efficient at what they do and rarely do they need human intervention. As for stress, stop handling him every day. Ball pythons aren't social animals and at most you're just going to have him associate you with, "oh this creature isn't going to kill me." He's never going to love you, hate you, associate you with safety, etc. Your ball python is very small and should have minimal handling. You handling him all the time is probably the single most contributing factor of stress.

when I handle him I don't have him in my hands. He is either on my chest or lap and I have a blanket over us. He falls asleep frequently there and if he starts moving heading back to his tank I pick him up then and return him. He does not show any signs of stress which is why I'm being very watchful for any possible signs.