Quote Originally Posted by redshepherd View Post
1. Humid hides are only necessary if you are having issues maintaining humidity in the 60~70 range in the rest of the enclosure. I'd leave them in all the time in that case though, because some first time keepers don't know when their snake is starting the shedding process.

2. There's no such thing as too many hides for ball pythons!

3. You can put it on either/both sides. If you only have one hide though, then it should be on the warm side.

You can buy spaghnum moss, look it up to find where it's sold. But I'm cheap and make humid hides by sticking damp paper towel to the walls of the hide.
Thanks for responding! If I end up not having issues with humidity would it be a bad idea to keep humid hides anyways?

and omg knowing that I can't have too many hides makes me so ridiculously happy because I was worried I'd overwhelm my bp by planning on getting a lot of hiding spots/shelter for it.

I was actually wondering about damp paper towels! How often would you say i should change them out or making sure my snake doesn't get too wet/damp? Has belly rot ever really been an issue? i've only heard of it being a problem on a few occasions and don't know how much of a concern it really is.

I believe this moss brand should be fine?
https://www.amazon.com/Zoo-Med-Labor...=sphagnum+moss