Control Humidity in a Tub setup?

Hello. So I have had my Ball Python for about a month now and he is showing signs that he is going to shed. It will be his first shed while under my care and I want to help him get through it easily. He is only about 25in or so long. I got him from petsmart, and after reading up a bit on how they under care for their snakes, I know he should be a bit bigger. He eats a small mouse once a week and has put on a bit of weight since I got him.

I have him in a 23Lx16W Sterilite tub with a series of holes drilled on the sides. The average humidity is between 50 and 58, depending on the house's temp. I know it should be higher for the shed, but how can I get the humidity to go up to what it should be, the 60-70 range?

Oh I should also mention I use aspen for the bedding and he has a rather large water dish.

Thank you in advance for any help :)

50% & 58% range is fine.

As for how to lower or increase humidity it can be achieve with substrate and ventilation.

Aspen = Dryer environment
Mulch = Higher Humidity

More ventilation (= more holes) = Lower humidity
Less ventilation (= less holes) = Higher humidity

So covering a few of the holes should help? Will it be a bit dangerous since some of his ventilation is gone?

When I see my snakes going into shed I move the water bowl over the heat tape. Same setup as u.

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If you have a bigger bowl with a larger surface area to use (honestly, any ceramic bowl from your kitchen with a large base so it doesn't tip...), you can switch to that during the shedding process. And put the water bowl over your heating pad area.

Humid hides work best for me. Tupperware and damp sphagnum moss. Easy

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If you have a bigger bowl with a larger surface area to use (honestly, any ceramic bowl from your kitchen with a large base so it doesn't tip...), you can switch to that during the shedding process. And put the water bowl over your heating pad area.

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When I see my snakes going into shed I move the water bowl over the heat tape. Same setup as u.

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I will try this for now. Thank you both

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Humid hides work best for me. Tupperware and damp sphagnum moss. Easy

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This seems like something I will try out later once I up his tank size. Thank you so much.

You can use a humid hide in any sized tub. I have made hides for baby bps, up to full grown boas. I like the humid hide concept because it allows the animal to choose how long and when to have increased humidity. It also provides a sink of humidity that seeps out into the main enclosure. Creates an enclosure within an enclosure environment.

Humid hides do work wonders...... I just don't need them in my racks...last time I needed one was my old cages with screen doors....

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You're lucky. In CO we sit in the teens for humidity.

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You're lucky. In CO we sit in the teens for humidity.

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We need an average between CO and Los Angeles in the summer. Contrary to popular belief, it gets pretty humid in the summer here. The outside humidity varies between 30~60%, resulting in my snake tubs being in the 70~80%, even with a million holes. :|

(ignore my tangent...)