i never know when he goes into shed, at the moment im unable to take the snakes out often due to looking for work and fixing my car, only time they come out is when i feed them but they always have full bowl of water and i always soak his bedding weekly since he tends to shed a lot since hes started eating rats
and im using analog hydrometer which tends to change a lot since of how cold its been in florida. my other snakes, i dont have a analog hydrometer since they like to rip it down and hide it on me lol but they have different bedding (pine i think) and they have no problem shedding