Shed help

Hi! Our Lucy, who is about 5 months old, has gone thru 3 sheds with no problem and no interference on our part at all. I try to mist her tank for a few days in a row when she looks ready to go, but honestly, I have never seen her soak once. In fact she seems to hate her body touching water ( although I have seen her drink several times). She doesnt like it hot either, moving away from heat lamps and heat pad areas. Our temp is about 85 days and 80 nights for the winter and humidity between 40 and 60%.

Living in Tucson, our humidity often runs very low. When Phil went into shed for the first time since I've had him, I tried keeping the humidity up in the terrarium, but he still ended up with a very patchy shed and large chunks of old skin still sticking to him. I finally gave him about a half-hour soak in some warm water, and that loosened everything up enough.

I've noticed, too, that if you need to raise the humidity up, try placing a shallow dish of water over the under tank heater. The water stayed nice and warm (not too hot), and because it was warm, it evaporated faster and hence raised the humidity in the terrarium better. Just keep an eye on things to make sure, as already pointed out, that the humidity doesn't go too high.