I guess to each his own, but I never did soak mine like that. I always just misted the enclosure down more often when they are going to shed...anyway nice looking snake you have there
He's in one of those plastic critter cages 10 gallons. I usually don't mist my other Herps too. Oh I should mention I'm in south east Asia so the humidity is pretty much in the 55-60 the year round.
Thanks. I only soak this guy, he's been having minor incomplete sheds the past two times. So trying out the soaking method
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Soaking is probably to blame for some of this, Soaking doesn't help with getting 1 piece sheds, nearly as well as Just give him 1-2 mist's a day.
My room humidty is 55-65 depending on the day in Summer here. And on coco husk they all shed 1 piece, dampening it before shed. My smaller guys who are on paper till 600+grams, Get misted one time at night and have all had perfect sheds.
My understanding is that during the shed process there are two layers of skin,
in between them is a layer of oil, by soaking him your removing the oils causing dry or stuck sheds.
My thoughts would be to raise the humidity to seventy percent and stop soaking him.
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