Hello folks, I am new around here! I have been frequenting this forum for quite some time due to Google searches linking me and have always found wonderful information and helpful people. I finally decided to get myself an account so that I can be a part of this community. Now, onto business:
I have a juvenile BP; I bought her as a feeding baby in early September. She has been doing well until a few weeks ago when she started to look dull and gained wrinkles. I thought that she was going into shed, so I started to pay more attention to her enclosure conditions. I started to get concerned about her humidity due to reading here about how a glass aquarium with a screen top has humidity issues. I got two hygrometers (one for cold side and one for hot). Lo and behold, even though the dial hygrometer that I got with the tank read ~60%, I had a whopping 45% humidity. Upon further reading, I discovered that it helps to raise the humidity if you cover the screen or move the water bowl to the warm side. I did both of these last Thursday and they had a positive impact of the humidity; I am rocking around 60% in the evenings now (I am gone most of the day as I am a full-time college student and part-time employee). I also discovered that the water was a bit cooler than I think my snake would like, so I put a temperature probe in it. It is now around 80 degrees (again, in the evening). However, my snake still appears to have the wrinkles as well as feels dry when I handle her. One of her eye caps is also dented. She has been this way for a few weeks, so I am hesitant to believe that it is a shed (although she has not shed while I've had her). What do you folks think of my predicament?
I can provide pictures if it will help.