Size of ball python help

[Zincubus]

Just keep on top of the humidity as usual but after they get their normal colouration back and their eyes clear you simply start upping the daily spraying , a few times each day until you find the shedded skin up to a week later ...

[melcvt00]

Also any advice on increasing the humidity for her shed? I've plastic wrapped the top of the tank, put water dish partly over the heating pad & mist a few times a day. By the current gauge that's in there now it stays around 55% humidity but I know I should increase it during shed.

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Keep in mimd that your gauges are terrible, and the humidity may be a lot higher.

This is a good one to get:

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I also always read the humidity on the cooler side, too.

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[melcvt00]

Also.....what is your heat source?

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[Kscalise314]

UTH but I also use a heat bulb approximately 10 inch off of the warm side of her tank to keep the ambient temperature up to around 78/82 if I didn't she'd most likely freeze cause the house temp is kept at a cool 68 (Not my choice lol) in the winter & who knows when summer hits & the A/C is running 24/7.

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[melcvt00]

UTH but I also use a heat bulb approximately 10 inch off of the warm side of her tank to keep the ambient temperature up to around 78/82 if I didn't she'd most likely freeze cause the house temp is kept at a cool 68 (Not my choice lol) in the winter & who knows when summer hits & the A/C is running 24/7.

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You have a thermostat between the UTH and tank, right?

You are losing a lot of heat to your room with the heat bulb that far off the tank. Your best bet is to get a light dimmer, set the bulb on top of the screen (use foil on top of that side for safety, with a hole cut out), and turn the heat down accordingly.

You should have a hot side of 90, and your warm side should be what your ambient temp is.

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[Kscalise314]

I use digital thermometer that has a probe on it & I've been putting the probe at different part of her tank so inside the cool hide it reads usually around 77-83 The the warm hide 88-93 but under the substrate above the UTH it can read 93-97 with the probe pushed all the way down since I've laid newspaper under the substrate there so I don't actually get a read of the glass It's self.

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[Zincubus]

I'd suggest to anyone who keeps snakes or lizards and who doesn't have a digital temp gun to treat themselves immediately
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[Kscalise314]

I'd suggest to anyone who keeps snakes or lizards and who doesn't have a digital temp gun to treat themselves immediately
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I plan on getting 1 soon

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[Kscalise314]

Keep in mimd that your gauges are terrible, and the humidity may be a lot higher.

This is a good one to get:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00...84FK69UW1&vs=1

I also always read the humidity on the cooler side, too.

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Yeah you were definitely right about the gauge being crappy. I bought a digital one today & it read the humidity around 90% ...so I pulled the plastic wrap back to where it wasn't covering such a large area of the screen top. Now it's reading at 75%. Is that an ok reading since she is in shed now?

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[melcvt00]

Yeah you were definitely right about the gauge being crappy. I bought a digital one today & it read the humidity around 90% ...so I pulled the plastic wrap back to where it wasn't covering such a large area of the screen top. Now it's reading at 75%. Is that an ok reading since she is in shed now?

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Yep. I like to keep mine at 70-80% when he is in shed. 60-70% wasn't enough for him and he shed in pieces. Otherwise I aim for 50%.

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