My humidity has actually been a little high for the past couple of weeks (65-70%) but because I live in Michigan and it's the middle of winter, I haven't wanted to do too much about lowering it.
Well, it finally lowered (plummeted) -- in time for my BP Pablo to start going into shed and now I'm struggling to get it back up to shed-appropriate humidity levels in time. It hovers at about 50-51% according to my Accurite and that's after misting the tank just a few hours ago and placing his water dish on the hot side. I honestly have no idea what happened to make the humidity drop like that, as I haven't changed anything I do except I switched to a smaller hide on the cool side and added more foliage.
Set up is the following:
Shot of the tank as a whole
Cool side
Hot side
Accurite reading as of 5-10 mins ago
20 gal tank with coco fiber substrate. For temps, CHE on a dimmer + space heater + tin foil on screen that I admittedly need to redo because it got dinged up pretty good in the move I made two weeks ago. I don't have identical hides in appearance, but they are the same size. I've heard you can put a wet towel on top of the screen to help with humidity, but I'm not sure how that would work with my CHE on top. As for a humid hide, is it too late to put one in there? I don't want to risk upsetting him so close to shed by adding something new in his tank now that his eyes are blue.
Since my ex dropped Pablo in my lap ~a month ago, Pablo has been remarkably well-adjusted as I've struggled to get his environment set up right with little in-depth knowledge of snake care previously. He's eaten so well for me, not missing a meal, and I want his shed to go just as well and I feel like I'm letting him down despite all the stuff I've read.
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