I hate that you guys have to be so nasty as this was a accident and I didn't do it on purpose but was told to as he was shedding too and I needed to get the left over shed off!! The temp in the water was only about 85 degrees wasn't very hot at all as I know better but yes I have learned my lesson in not keeping my snakes or any reptile unsupervised shedding!! Thanks for all the other inputs. Melissa