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My BTS has just shed last week & now his underside, belly all the way down the tail, is rough. This is new today, like maybe his scales are dry. What should I do? He is housed in a 30 gal breeder w/ soft, non-astroturf, outdoor carpet, covered w/ a layer of paper towels. His bowl is big enough to soak in, but he never does.
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1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.4 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton & Olivia Newton John, Unnamed
1.1.0 cats Gus & Mena

I don't think you really need to be concerned at all about it. Just keep an eye on it for any changes.
As to the water bowl, mine have virtually never soaked in a bowl, although they may happen to walk into and out of one on the way to somewhere else. So no soaking is not unusual at all.
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Edward
Carpe diem

Should I soak him every now & then, or is that really not needed?
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1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.4 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton & Olivia Newton John, Unnamed
1.1.0 cats Gus & Mena

he is able to do so on his own whenever he wants and the humidity in the cage is not Sonoran Desert dry.
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Edward
Carpe diem

We're Utah desert dry here It's just that he's always felt smooth, like a snake & now his belly feels dry. I guess I'm just a fretting mom...
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1.3.0 leos, Yoda, Geo, Tang, Ginger
1.0 Blue Tongue Skink Indigo (Indy)
0.1.1 frogs Buffy the Cricket Slayer, Butrose Butrose Froggy
1.1.4 firebelly newts Wayne Newton, Isaac Newton, Fig Newton, Juice Newton & Olivia Newton John, Unnamed
1.1.0 cats Gus & Mena

n/p
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Edward
Carpe diem