Cleo has yet to have her first shed in our care, but we want to be prepared for when she does.

Her viv sits at a pretty constant 60% humidity, and we're ready with a small mister bottle to try and keep that up around 80% when she starts her shed.

We hear a lot about "Soaking" during shed to help the snake. What we are not completely clear on is when to do this and how.

Do you always soak your snake during shed as a matter of proceedure, or only when the shed is looking difficult?

All guides say not to disturb your snake, or handle during shed... now you would have to handle to soak yes? Any special proceedures for handling a snake during shed to soak?

How do you soak your snake? I was thinking of getting a serilite, filling it with just enough warm water to cover the snake (so about 1-1.5" for us at the moment), putting the sterilite on a human heater pad on low, and monitoring the water temp with my temp gun. Does this sound right? Any advice or proceedures would be greatly appreciated!

What temp do you keep the water at? How do you maintain the temp? How long do you soak for? Anything we should watch out for?

Thanks!