My little Borneo female had her first shed this morning. It wasn't so good. I have her in a sterilite tub with a ultra-therm heat pad ( with thermo ). The temps were 80-82 ambient. 85 hot spot.

I bought a Taylor thermo / hygro combo unit and ever since I got that thing it always registered that my humidity was too high. I originally had her on newspaper. I put more holes in the lid. It still was too high. So, I put MORE holes in the lid. It did nothing. At the suggestion of another Borneo keeper I switched to DRY cypress mulch. I was told this would absorb the humidity.

Well last night she looked like a piece of beef jerky. I have NEVER seen a snake look like this. I knew that something was wrong.

This morning I checked on her and she was in the process of shedding. I noticed that she was having difficulty so I sprayed the cypress down but it wasn't helping very much. So I watched for a bit and then I got a damp washclothe and let her crawl through my hand. This worked, but it took a long time to get it off. I feel so bad that this happened to her. She was very dry.

Just so you guys don't get the wrong idea, I have NEVER had this happen before. All of my Jungle carpet and coastal carpets and all my Boas never had bad sheds. They came off all in one piece.

I wracked my brain trying to get the humidity down because the humidity read too high...94% . It read too high even when she was on newspaper. I feared that she would get a repiratory infection. I checked on her all the time.

I feel really bad.

Thankfully, I was able to help her get her old skin off. I just don't want to ever go through this again.

I have her on slightly damp cypress mulch now. I plan to keep it that way.

My question is this: Do Borneo's usually shed in pieces or have bad sheds?
I only want to do the best I can for her. ANY HELP / TIPS WOULD BE GREAT.

I know that there are Blood / Short-tail keepers on here, Would someone give me some tips on how they keep their Borneo?

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE,
Yosef