Which stage of the shed cycle is humidity most important?

[reknirt]

Just curious, if you could only have high humidity for one stage of the shed cycle which would be most important in contributing to a clean shed -- pink belly, in the blue, clearing up?

[PitOnTheProwl]

With proper husbandry is doesn't matter.
Good humidity all the time is important.

[Rickys_Reptiles]

This is such a dumb question. The shed cycle is only about a week long, humidity should be high during the whole thing.

[reknirt]

I understand the importance of good husbandry. I'm simply asking out of curiosity.

[rlditmars]

The moment I notice the change in the belly color, I will spray/mist my snakes at least twice a day, if not more, until shed is completed. I use paper for substrate so it doesn't hold high humidity without misting.

[reknirt]

This is such a dumb question. The shed cycle is only about a week long, humidity should be high during the whole thing.

Good lord, can no one read? I'm wondering when a snake's anatomy takes the most advantage of the moisture in the air. I'm not asking which two day period I should provide humidity, I'm not a moron.

I'm simply curious how a snake processes humidity. But you're right, I'm such a dumbass for asking a question on a snake forum.

[rlditmars]

Good lord, can no one read? I'm wondering when a snake's anatomy takes the most advantage of the moisture in the air. I'm not asking which two day period I should provide humidity, I'm not a moron.

I'm simply curious how a snake processes humidity. But you're right, I'm such a dumbass for asking a question on a snake forum.

We can read but that is like asking which is more important if you can only eat one day a week? Monday, Wednesday, or Sunday? Whichever you choose your body will still not have sufficient nutrition for sustaining life long term.

There isn't a two day window that is more advantageous as the entire cycle requires proper humidity for proper shedding. You can feel free to experiment with your own animals and report your findings to the forum. However, I imagine regardless of which two day window you choose, you will end up with a snake that has difficulty shedding properly and in a single piece. Does that answer your question sufficiently?

[reknirt]

We can read but that is like asking which is more important if you can only eat one day a week? Monday, Wednesday, or Sunday? Whichever you choose your body will still not have sufficient nutrition for sustaining life long term.

There isn't a two day window that is more advantageous as the entire cycle requires proper humidity for proper shedding. You can feel free to experiment with your own animals and report your findings to the forum. However, I imagine regardless of which two day window you choose, you will end up with a snake that has difficulty shedding properly and in a single piece. Does that answer your question sufficiently?

I agree that not providing proper humidity all the time will probably result in a poor shed. But I don't think you know for a fact that there isn't a window that is more advantageous to the shed cycle to provide humidity. And that's all I was trying to do here -- start a discussion.

I would argue, based off nothing but ignorant reasoning, that the animal would utilize humidity more so during the period the snake goes blue. My only reasoning for this is that they go blue because of a fluid build up under their old skin, which would make me think that this fluid build up would better separate the old skin from the new with more humidity. More moisture, I imagine, would aid the role of the fluid.

But that's my very uneducated guess.

[enginee837]

I keep my bp's in the 60% range most of the time. When I see them blue I mist a couple times a day (bumps them up to 70%) until they shed. So far we have had complete healthy sheds this way.
I don't keep them at 70% all the time because the amount of misting necessary keeps the substrate (aspen bedding) too moist for my liking.

[enginee837]

This is such a dumb question. The shed cycle is only about a week long, humidity should be high during the whole thing.

This is unnecessary, if you don't have anything helpful or nice to say. Just move on.