Humid hides VS. Misting (Snakes only)

Just a quick and curious question and poll..As a snake owner what do you prefer for when your snakes are close to shedding..

A. Humid Hide: any form of hide with dampened substrate or paper towel that your snake can go into and out of at it's leisure.

B. Misting/Spraying: Spraying the snake's enclosure when you notice the snake is close to shedding raising the humidity manually.

And what were your results? Better sheds? Worse sheds? Which one worked out for you?

For my brazilian Rainbow Boa, I do both. He has a VERY wet humid hide, and the tank over all is kept at 80 - 90 % humidity.

For the balls and the carpet, I mist near shedding.

I mist my ball pythons when they are in shed and that is it :gj:

I don't use any humid hides. I've always just misted the enclosure, and it's given me great sheds. I don't feel I need to have a humid hide in the enclosure, the snake does just fine when misting to raise the tank humidity.

I mist.

I mist the tank.

I don't use humid hides or mist. I keep the snake room between 60% and 70% humidity all the time and never have any problem with sheds.

I mist. For someone with a few to even alot of ball pythons I think it is just easier that way. You don't have to worry about the humid hides getting moldy or to wet. I think it is just easier that way.

I mist.

I don't mist or have a humid hide.

I use tubs :P :gj:

Depends on the snake.

JCP -> Mist daily up to about 75% and then it settles down to 40% or so then I mist the next day. Close to shed, I mist twice a day.

GBK -> Neither, she likes it dry even near shedding. 40% or whatever the ambient humidity is.

BRB -> Damp humid hide, daily misting, tightly sealed enclosure. Ambient humidity is 95% or so. She's a neonate though, so low humidity is potentially fatal.

I don't do either, so to speak.

I just put more water in the tank and give a little less substrate and the humidity level bumps itself up to 70% or so.

So far sheds have all been perfect.

My balls are in a Reptile Basics CB70 rack, so humidity is rarely an issue for any except the largest. She likes to soak, and often overflows her bowl. (9_9)

Bloods are young, so they're in tubs as well - if I see them getting dimpled scales, I'll fill their water bowl with water that's just a bit warmer than ambient, which boosts the humidity without misting the snakes - which they hate. In the past, I've used humid hides, with great success, in aquariums with screen tops - and as laying boxes for colubrids.

~Bruce

im coming up on my first shed exp. im currently misting...it seems to be keeping the humidity right where i want it. ill see how it turns out in aabout a week