Sponge in hide?

[pigfat]

Has anyone put damp sponge in the hide? I'm desperately trying to keep humidity up and I don't have the moss stuff so I attached a sponge to the top of his hide. I hope this is okay (don't let it get mildew etc. etc.) His eyes just became blue so he's going into shed, any extra humidity will help!

[JLC]

So long as you keep it fresh, it should be fine. And make sure it doesn't have any soap or chemicals in it. Sometimes a sponge fresh out of the store packaging will have junk already on it.

I've used paper towels in the same way. Seems a bit safer to me. Wet down a couple wads of paper towels and put them around in the enclosure...inside the hide is fine, too. The towels dry out before there's any chance of mold or mildew build-up. Then you can pull them out and replace them with fresh, clean ones.