Since the bath seemed to stress him out you might try a humidity box, put some damp dish towels around him in a tupperware with some air holes and pop the whole thing in the tank, if it will fit, to keep it warm. It can be even better than a soak for getting stuck shed off because he can rub against the towels and ball pythons tend to find it less stressful than being in water. Given how dehydrated and how much stuck shed there is I’d do at least a half hour daily till he’s got it all off.
To help keep the humidity up in the tank you can get some sphagnum moss and stuff it in old nylons or the cartons that berried some in. You can also tuck one of the ‘mossages’ into the hides if you’re struggling to keep the ambient humidity high enough.
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