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how to soak a snake for a shed

If you live in a cold area of the country, (anything north of Dixie) it has been my experience that snakes will have some shedding problems in the winter when the air is so dry. This year I put a humidifier (actually a vaporizor) in my snake room, and it pumps about 2 quarts of water per day into the room. No more shedding problems since I started doing this and I don't have to mess with wet hides and the like. It took a few days for the room to soak up all of the moisture into the wood and other furniture, and I was surprised at how much the moisture migrates out of the room. So it really is not overly humid in the room with the door shut, just about the same level as in the summer time here in Missouri. So one vaporizer in one room of a house is a good way to improve the humidity in the whole house and to keep your snakes healthier.

Mark
 
slithering said:
my snow is over a year old and 41 inches long and i have seen her soak in the water bowl 1 time and that was just a curious phase of hers as she did not stay in it. i keep her viv moistened every night around 11:30 just before i go to bed and she has shed every month since ive had her except this past Feb.she went almost 5 weeks with no food wouldnt do nothing but play with it. I got worried that she might be sick but last week she ate 2 out of three. she shed this past wed and on fri she took 4 mice . when you notice the eyes getting cloudy you might think about a more wetter spot in the viv for your snake to hide.
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Four mice? You are dramatically overfeeding your snake if it took 4 full grown mice.
 
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