Quote Originally Posted by SCWood View Post
I feel that, yes, I was misinformed in this case. It's so odd that whenever I ask people what to do to help my snake in an upcoming shed, the first thing I hear is 'soak him'. I understand what you are saying. Please don't think I'm disregarding it. If you could tell me how to provide proper humidity without use of misting, it would be greatly appreciated.

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Yeah, a lot of people recommend things when they shouldn't.

I really do not envy people coming into this hobby these days. There are so many forums out there, and a lot of people offer advice when they shouldn't.

As Daigga stated, a humid hide is an excellent way to provide a humid microclimate without resorting to misting the entire cage. It provide all of the benefits of humidity, without requiring the owner to turn the enclosure into a giant petri dish.

The idea is to take a hide and fill it with dampened and wrung sphagnum moss. Alternately, people are now producing humid hides which are essentially a pottery hide with a small fluid reservoir on top. The pottery absorbs and releases the water over a period of time creating a humid hide without the moss.

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