My roommate and I went to a reptile show back in May and each purchased a bp. She had owned one previously and had a 40 gallon glass tank to keep them in. Mine is a Normal Male and hers is a Pastel Yellow Belly Female. We do house them together at the moment, though I may be changing that since I've been trying to do research on caring for them and most people say keep them separate unless breeding. Very few say its ok to keep them together. They have been together since we got them and they seem happy together. Even if we take them out and let them explore the house a bit they will find each other and stay together.

We did purchase an under tank heater to replace her old heat rock and a couple of hides, as well as coconut husk substrate. We have one hide over the heat pad and the other across the tank as a cold hide, water dish placed in the middle.

First question comes to Humidity. I've seen that some people regularly mist their tanks. My roommate says it's unnecessary since we live in Fl and it's already humid. Our house itself does stay around 50-55% according to our thermostat. I do plan to by a Hygrometer this weekend to have a better idea of what the tanks humidity is. The coconut husk substrate is extremely dry to the touch, should I moisten it daily, or is the 50-55% humidity of the house sufficient since they require 50-60%?

Secondly, her snake sheds no problem. Mine however does seem to have some issues. They have each shed twice since we got them. On both occasions mine needed a soak to get the lower half off. My roommate doesn't believe its a humidity issue, I'm starting to think it is. She says that her snake is more active and that's why she sheds easier. Mine is much less active, and she thinks that since he doesn't move around as much, he has trouble shedding. Would an increase in humidity help? I've seen that some people increase humidity during a shed. Or does it actually have to do with his own activity level?

The sticky regarding a bad shed helped a lot in learning how to help him. Initially it would come off in patches, after a 30 minute soak the whole thing comes of in almost one piece.

I know these are probably questions that get asked often, I just wanted to verify my thoughts and what I've read with a community of experts. Any help is appreciated.