Not sure about your experience but I'm relatively new. The whole shedding thing still creeps me out. My snake doesn't get aggressive or nervous but he does get very reclusive. About the same time I notice a little fogging in his eyes, he'll go into hardcore soak mode and you can't get him to leave his water dish to save your life. His eyes go totally blue-gray and he just lays there for days looking like a zombie snake with a hangover! Then his eyes clear up and about two or three days later he just suddenly gets out of his water dish and sheds right there.

Instantly, he's back to his good ol' self!