My youngest female had a pretty bad shed the other week and after two soaks in the bathtub it still hadn't come off. The leftevover shed was on her neck and most of her head. I soaked a clean sock in warm water, put her in the sock and placed the sock in one of the unused tubs in my rack for about 45 minutes. The shed came right off when I took her out. She downed two large mice about an hour later and seems to be a LOT less pissed off.