alright, the first thing I have to say is that I'm no authority on this subject, but I have had some experience with it.

In Oct. I got my first BCI. She looked to be blue from the moment I pulled her out of the box. It cleared up, but no shed came. Then she started shedding, but not intentionally. Her skin was simply tearing from moving about her cage. I soaked her consistently at intervals for days, and the best i got was for her to shed her rear 2/3. She never shed her head or her anterior 1/3. Then about a month later, she shed her lower jaw. I soaked her for about an hour then took her out to try 'helping' some of the skin off. While she was in my hands, she shed her entire body, head to tail. It was sloppy, and I had to help her along, but it was a clean shed. So effectively, she only shed 2/3 her body on the first go, and shed everything on the second. All this is to say that it shouldn't be a huge deal for it to miss a shed. I think it would be better for it to miss a shed than for you to try to force it and damage its new skin.

I would say keep soaking it and running your hands over its body after you soak it to remove any skin that's ready to be removed. You should not have to 'pull' to get it off.

That's all I got. I hope this at least helped to relieve some of your concern (I was flipping out when Pheobe didn't shed). And like I said, LISTEN TO THE OTHER PEOPLE ON THESE BOARDS BEFORE YOU LISTEN TO ME. I have limited experience, but I offer what I've got.
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0.1 BCI- Pheobe

I find Pheobe to be the most agreeable female I have ever come across. Dinner is cheap, she never wants to eat out, she can't talk, she's deaf and she doesn't care if I see other women. :P

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