Thank you for the information. I'm a fairly new ball python owner and reading all the time on how to care for him. He had a bad shed and your process worked well. The only issue that I had, was that when he was in the water he kept his head and about 3 inches of neck out of the water. When I gave him a gentle washing he was pretty good about it but head shy. He still has a little bit of shed stuck to his neck right behind his head. He doesn't like that area touched so is it OK just to leave that little bit of shed on him?