Thanks for all the help guys, he's doin a lot better.

The swelling is gone and the eye looks better, but he is shedding unusually a lot near that eye. He is shedding all his skin, but just the eye looks like its shedding, but it will probably all be fine.

He is shedding his scutes, especially the middle row of scutes, but they aren't falling off in the thin transparent sheets that I have seen pictures off. These are still the same color of his shell, but the are rising up and starting to fall off in the middle. These scutes definatly should be shed off, they are small and there are scutes growing underneath from what I can see of the uncovered parts, but they have been there for a few weeks and I fear he will not shed them. There is slight pyramiding going on, and if he sheds these couple of scutes it will look a lot better.
Is it OK if I gently peel them, what will come off easily, when he is dry? The rest of the scutes that will be shed have some algae on them, are much smaller than the scutes growing underneath, and will fall off soon as well. Can I peel some of them to help him?

Thanks a lot,
Tim

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