Monty's 1st Shed!

[DixieLonestar20x]

Might want to raise the humidity some...i aim for about 75-80 anytime mine are going into shed.....

[thejenius77]

Might want to raise the humidity some...i aim for about 75-80 anytime mine are going into shed.....

It's close to 70 right now. The pic at the beginning of the thread was taken right after cleaning the tank. I am having a hard time getting it higher though. I'm afraid of getting it TOO wet in there. :/

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[NYHC4LIFE8899]

Some take to rats easily..my little buy,loves mice,and at times,I started him on rat pups about 3 weeks ago and it takes him anywhere from 5 mins to 2 hr to strike the rat pup,a few times he didn't even and the rat pup just died..so today I didntwanna chance anything and bought him a mouse,as soon as the mouse came near him,within 2 seconds he struck. I had a feelinG he wasn't much into rats . It showed today where didn't think twice about striking this mouse.

[NYHC4LIFE8899]

It's close to 70 right now. The pic at the beginning of the thread was taken right after cleaning the tank. I am having a hard time getting it higher though. I'm afraid of getting it TOO wet in there. :/

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Keep it to 70 and 80 as much as possible and once your guy is out of blue,I'd say keep at 80 minimum,since once put of blue he will prob shed within a couple days tops..even mist in his hide where he chills to keep humidity up

[thejenius77]

Keep it to 70 and 80 as much as possible and once your guy is out of blue,I'd say keep at 80 minimum,since once put of blue he will prob shed within a couple days tops..even mist in his hide where he chills to keep humidity up

There's no way I could even get it to 80, let alone keep it there. My apartment is extremely dry. My aquariums lost 40% of their water in a matter of weeks. After Christmas I'm moving him to an Animal Plastics T8.

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[NYHC4LIFE8899]

There's no way I could even get it to 80, let alone keep it there. My apartment is extremely dry. My aquariums lost 40% of their water in a matter of weeks. After Christmas I'm moving him to an Animal Plastics T8.

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If I can keep my enclosure to 80 you can,it's only temporary man...it requires you to put in some extra effort,which won't kill you..I have to maintain my humidity daily,which takes a whole 10 mins tops,but in shed it's take a bit more effort,quit a bit. But I make sure after he is out of blue,I keep the tank 70-80 no less,it's nt hard man and I work an avg of 12 hr days. 7am-7pm mon thru fri. .. Heavy misting,Tupperware filled with wet sphagnum moss below heat lamp and even some in his hide( make sure u don't mix moss wit aspen) ..besides that what I do is when I add wett moss to the hide,I turn up the heat mat to increase heat in the hide and with the wett moss in there as well humidity is great. I lift the hide up and there is condensation all around the hide. I also do use hides that are quit large,bigger than most say u should use,but works for my guys great. So too say it's impossible for you to do so,sounds more like laziness to me,no offense man.

[Crazymonkee]

I would definitely change from aspen to either eco earth (or any coconut husk) substrate, saved my sanity with humidity when I was using a tank

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[thejenius77]

I am not a man. I am a woman. I use Eco Earth. I have moss throughout the tank. I have 90% of the screen lid covered in tin foil. My UTH is at 90-92. Cool side at 80. I managed to get humidity up to 77% last night after very heavy misting. Within 10 minutes it was down to 70. By the time I woke up today, down to 50. To keep anywhere close to 80, I would have to mist every 10 minutes. :/

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[thejenius77]

I'm telling you, if the dryness of my house can suck out 5 gallons of aquarium water in a week's time, there's no way I can get AND maintain 80% humidity. I am open to any and all suggestions though. So far, I've done everything that everyone has said to do. :/

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[Crazymonkee]

I'm telling you, if the dryness of my house can suck out 5 gallons of aquarium water in a week's time, there's no way I can get AND maintain 80% humidity. I am open to any and all suggestions though. So far, I've done everything that everyone has said to do. :/

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I would get a humidifier for the room that the enclosure is in... I have very dry heat in my place and needed to get one for my living room. I just got a cheap Vicks one at our local thrift shop for $8
Having two turtle tanks in my snake room helps, and the rack is a lot better with humidity.
The tubs I have as quarantine in the kitchen are holding pretty good as well.

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