My buddy gave his ball python away to me. This is my first one. He admittedly knew nothing about them. He's been keeping him at approximately 80-82 degrees. Apparently his UBH shorted or something and was just working with an overhead light. Now, obviously I can fix the heat issue, unless somebody knows of a way to bump it up a few degrees between tonight and tomorrow. However, how do I drop my humidity? I'm looking at about 78-80% right now. My friend didn't have a hygrometer, so I have no way of knowing what it was like at his place. This little thing looks like it's in a state of perma-shed, so I'm assuming the humidity at my friend's place was pretty low. He (my friend was told that he was a boy) had about inch long pieces of shed in his cage and he's got about 1/8 inch long pieces still on him in a few spot. He's got a little bit of a wheeze as well, which I didn't notice at my friend's house. After the car ride, I took him out of his cage so that I could rearrange a few things and add some stuff. That's when I noticed that I could hear him breathing at times. I don't know if he just got excited or stressed or if it's the high humidity. I'm gonna' check on that again tonight. So, hopefully tomorrow, I'm going to get him a heat-pad for underneath the cage and with your help drop his humidity down, then get him a meal. He's probably about 3 1/2 or 4 feet long. My friend was told that he's 4 years old. Fire away with questions. If you need pictures or more, let me know. I'll be uploading some within the next few days anyway. Thanks.