Quote Originally Posted by withonor View Post
This question bothers me a little. I've had my python, which is about 4 years old, for two weeks now. When I first adopted him I thought, "Wow, that is an awesome animal." As I have read more here and observed him more I think he has a couple places of old shed stuck (About 4 scales total) and his eyes (One or both, can't recall now) have a wrinkle which made me think he was shedding, but I think those may have been old. I know how much effort I am putting into keeping his humidity up for this shed, his eyes are opaque blue now, and I don't see that happening with his last owners.

To keep the humidity up I have put a wet wash cloth over the screen and placed aluminum foil over that, but thats not enough. To his disliking I mist his cage, and he hisses inside his hide so I wait till humidity falls below 55% to reduce the stress as much as possible. His hissing started and increased as his eyes got more opaque, which is understandable. I went to a reptile store but they didn't have spagnum moss, just some live moss and others that appeared to be geared more towards lizards. This store did however have a huge variety of snakes, lizards and turtles.
If you really need to mist, you should use very warm water because it will mist cooler than what the water temp is! It may be cold on your snake and thats why he is gettin upset. If you are using a lamp, then that is what is sucking your humidity! Coconut fibre is a good bedding for holding humidity well!