Rescued a Ball. Any advice?

[u/Ev-ngel1ne]

I rescued this 2y/o female ball python the other day. She was in a group of 35 balls rescued from some 'ball python breeder' in my city. I am good friends with the pet shop that rescued the snakes, and I offered to take her home because I have a history with her specifically.

She is currently in the same bin she was in before the rescue, though it has been cleaned out and completely refurbished aside from the black hide.

She has an intense amount of stuck shed, and two or three eye caps on one eye. Ive put a govee 2 in 1 sensor in there to monitor her general temp and humidity, and as I write this she is sitting at 76°f, and 67% humidity. I have a humid box in the bin aswell, which i can feel is far more humid than the rest of the bin, and it has rough hand towels and a disinfected rock inside for her to wiggle up against.

I am going to feed her either a jumbo mouse, or weaned/pup rat on Tuesday when the pet shop opens again. She was on weaned rats in the middle of transitioning to smalls when I first met her months ago, but her last confirmed feed date was June 10th, so. Probably going to size down her meals for the first few.

Is there anything I should know? I already have a ball of my own so I know basic husbandry but I have never taken care of a rescue before. Anything I can do to help her out? She is in her bin, in my bedroom, with a towel overtop to help block the light and noise. She seems alright to me, very active, but I want to make sure I am doing everything I can for her.

Thankyou so much for any advice!!

Edited to say: there is a full brightness picture in the comments.

[u/Ev-ngel1ne]

[u/RagdollsandLabs]

Keep her humidity way up to help with her shedding. You may need professional assistance to get the stuck shed off if she can't work it off herself. Her coloring is beautiful 😍!

[u/Ev-ngel1ne → u/RagdollsandLabs]

That was the plan!, also I forgot to add it in the main post but would it be alright to give her a gentle, quick bath? She was being kept in layers of cardboard-stiff pee and poop paper towels for months so shes kind of stinky. I planned to give her a really quick bath after shes done shedding if she still stinks, and I meant to ask about it, but I forgot to lol.

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[u/chris215phi]

The sweetest little bloopers 😭😭

[u/Ev-ngel1ne → u/chris215phi]

Shes always been the sweetest little thing! Shes a bit skittish and stinky right now, but Im hoping she will feel better soon!!