Hello!

I'm in a bit of trouble with my humidity! I'm a brand new keeper and I've done a quite of research to help fix my problem, but, the solutions are everything I've tried before. I've had this problem for about 2 weeks now and I'm struggling to find a solution, especially with his shed coming very soon! I also live in a dry area and summers get 100+ degrees F!

For some reason, my humidity will not raise above 40-50%, and my research has told me that it is essential to have my humidity to be from 50-60% and raise the humidity to 60-70% when shedding. I'm very nervous with this, as I've had Charlie since May and his first(and only) shed with me was a partially stuck shed. It was nothing too bad and he got it off himself. I noticed his pink belly, and I'm slightly nervous for this as I will be going out of town in two days for a week.

So far I've tried spraying down his tank every so often with water(I use a clean spray bottle), I've sealed off the top of the enclosure(I read that this would partially help and reduce the amount of humidity that escapes along with keeping heat in), putting terrarium moss, and moving his water over the heat mat. And I'm hesitant on buying a humidifier, because I read that ball pythons are not too happy with an excessive amount of water in their tanks and also because of the price range.

Any help would be appreciated and would help me out very much! Thank you in advance! <3