Quote Originally Posted by frankykeno View Post
Yep you live, you learn. Most snakes don't care to be messed with that way so he's just doing what a snake does dear. If he has regular problems with shedding then you do need to look at your husbandry and see if there's tweaks to be made so that he can manage it on his own. Some just aren't good shedders but it's always worth looking at husbandry, specifically humidity, first. If the shed on his head is only tiny little bits and not encircling or including his eyecaps personally I'd just leave it be and let it come off next time. Have you tried putting him into a warm damp pillowcase and then popping the whole thing back in his home for an hour or so? That usually works to rub off whatever shed is stuck. Also Christie did a fantastic sticky for bad shed help if you haven't had a chance to read it yet...

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=43403
Thanks, but I got the tutorial and used it last time. It does really help. It's just that he remembered what I did to him (when I pulled the skin off his head last time and got the nip). Here is the link with the pics I posted last time (from the same thread you mentioned).
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...t=43403&page=6

So he was telling me, "No, don't do that again!" I might try the pillowcase trick or have my husband try next time.

This is only his second shed with us. We've only had him since the end of August. Hopefully, his sheds will improve and he won't be a "difficult shedder." I think our husbandry is pretty decent, though we do struggle some with humidity, but mist a lot to try to raise it when he is close to shed (which we knew). We've put a large ceramic water bowl over the UTH to help evaporation, too. I admit, the 20 gal tank makes it harder to maintain the humidity.