Hopefully you won't have to soak at all. It's not a routine thing and most snakes won't need to be assisted with their shed if their humidity is around 50-60% non-shed and about 70% from the moment they show the first signs of an impending shed (pinkish belly then blue eyes).

You can add in a humid hide to help your snake. Some use it some won't. Just take an appropriate sized margarine tub with the lid snapped on...flip it over and cut a small entrance door into it....put in either some spaghnum moss or papertowels damp but not dripping wet...check papertowels daily as they dry out fast. Pop it in your warm end and hopefully the snake will use it.

Sometimes they have trouble sheeding for a few times after you buy them if they've had poor husbandry but with stable care they pretty much shed with few problems (most of them anyways).


~~Jo~~