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Humid Hide?!?!?!??!

erisan

erisan

Corn's name: Stimpy.
My snake has just gone into a blue within the past few days (I don't know the exact date because he was busy digesting so I never saw him till today) Anyways I've misted his cage several times and his humidity is good but I just want to offer a humid hide to make sure he has a decent shed. The problem is when I went to my local pet shop they were all sold out! So I am wondering is there something else you can use for a humid hide? Moist paper towel perhaps?


Thanks! :D
 
erisan said:
My snake has just gone into a blue within the past few days (I don't know the exact date because he was busy digesting so I never saw him till today) Anyways I've misted his cage several times and his humidity is good but I just want to offer a humid hide to make sure he has a decent shed. The problem is when I went to my local pet shop they were all sold out! So I am wondering is there something else you can use for a humid hide? Moist paper towel perhaps?


Thanks! :D
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I meant to say all sold out of sphagnum moss.
 
I'm pretty sure that if the humidity is correct in your viv, your snake should have a good shed. I believe some people use damp/moist towels to help. My corn has not shed yet either, so I could use a lesson in this as well.
 
A lot of times at work, we take a plastic container with a hole in it and put moist paper towels in there. It is easy to clean and people can still see the snake(sort of). All of our snakes always shed in one peice.
 
I'm cheating and copy & pasting a previous post response I gave on this lol. Sorry but I am tired and lazy tonight. hee hee.

MomFor2Gifts said:
Like the others said, corns really don't require increased humidity. I do find that Sosa seeks out moisture when it comes time to shed.

We use a Tupperware or (Empty, Clean, butter tub ) with the top on. Flip it over so top is on the bottom and cut a hole in the side. We use fiber fill and moisten it with warm water.

Make sure you leave the bottom on as it is the key to creating that enclosure needed to create the humidity.

It will immediately create a humidity chamber environment and you will find your corn will go in and out at it's leasure until it is finally moist enough to do a comfortable shed.

As soon as he is done we remove it because you don't want to have mold or bacteria grow , not to mention the problems it could cause respiratory wise leaving a damp environment for him to spend too much time in.

Other than that we don't really concern ourselves with humidity. :shrugs:
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Fiber Fill

Fiber fill is also called batting. It is sold in fabric stores or if you have a Wal-mart go to their fabric section. It is the stuff they use to stuff pillows with and used in comforters, etc.
 
MomFor2Gifts said:
Fiber fill is also called batting. It is sold in fabric stores or if you have a Wal-mart go to their fabric section. It is the stuff they use to stuff pillows with and used in comforters, etc.
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Sorry for all the questions but, when should you actually start putting the humid hide in? While he's in blue or only after he's out of blue and ready to shed? I'm not sure if you have to keep them moist the whole time.

Thanks.
 
We do it once he has turned ashen, just prior to blue. It seems to speed up his shedding and he doesn't seem to be as miserable for so long. Plus he stays "Purdy" ( southern word, for pretty, lol ) :crazy02:

He is done with his shed within 2 days of turning ashen. I don't know the exact term, so what I mean by ashen is when he goes from his normal handsome self to that opaque color as his skin dries and readies itself for shed. It is not quite the blue stage though.

Hope this helps. :wavey:
 
Here is a photo of the humid hide I provide my smaller snakes when I notice them going into blue. I just wet some new papertowels put them in and put the container on the heated side of the tank.

I always stick one in there just incase the snake wants to or needs to use it.

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I currently have it in my new Okeetee's viv.
 
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