bringing up humidity in tub/rack

So my new hatchling pastel is getting into shed mode.
I use newspaper for substrate in my rack containers.So, to bring up
the humidity during shed do you just cover some of your air holes? I was up
at nerd the other day and they put a small amount of water right in the tub.
What to do???

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Originally Posted by CCfive

So my new hatchling pastel is getting into shed mode.
I use newspaper for substrate in my rack containers.So, to bring up
the humidity during shed do you just cover some of your air holes? I was up
at nerd the other day and they put a small amount of water right in the tub.
What to do???

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Hello. Anyone?:)

If they are in tubs, or a rack that's not glass, I don't see a need to bump humidity. I use newspaper in my RBI rack and aspen in my tubs, and have never had to do anything other than keep a water dish (obviously) in their enclosure...and I've never had a bad shed.

If you still are having humidity issues with the tub, you can mist it, but you're using newspaper so I wouldnt do too much. Does your snake have a hide in his tub? If he does what I do is either use wet moss, or alternatively use cotton wool and tissue paper, wet them, put them in a teabag or those sock like water filters you put at the end of taps, or any thin cloth stuff, and shove it into their hide or by the entrance of it. Basically making it a humid hide. I guess you could do it on a larger scale, like use an actual sock, if you want the entire tub's humidity up for now.

I would switch to unprinted newspaper or paper towels, or aspen, you can still have a bad shed in a rack. Once an animal goes out of "blue" I spray the back of the bin over the heat tape.