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Stupid Question

kehkyle1

kehkyle1

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Hey guys, my question is if I'm supposed to have a moist hide in my corns cage? I keep getting mixed answers on google.
 
From what I've read on here and other places is that it's not required, but it wouldn't hurt. During a shed cycle it would be a good thing to have it in there to help with that process but other than that it's not required unlike my BP who NEEDS one. Hope that helps.
 
Not necessarily. If you live in an area where its really dry (~ 20% RH or less), some will leave moist hides in the viv all the time.

Most areas, with Pennsylvania included, the humidity levels are just fine. Corns are really tolerant of varying degrees of humidity. If you find your corn is having trouble shedding (incomplete), you'd either want to give them a moist hide when they go blue, or mist the cage. If you have a large enough water bowl in a tank, covering part of the screen lid with a towel or saran wrap will also help keep the humidity up.

Again, you'll probably only need to worry about this during sheds if your corn is having issues. Also, you don't want to constantly mist, or keep the humidity in the cage too high. It can lead to a respiratory infection.
 
I live in a very dry area and I never have a moist hide in any of my snake tanks. I tried adding one a few times when they're in blue, but they never used them, so now I don't even bother. And my corns always have perfect sheds.
 
@hypnoctopus, do you have a dedicated snake room? I can't seem to keep the humidity up in my balls tank to save my life. My corn did the same thing with ignoring the humid hide and my ball does the same thing, instead he tends to lounge in his water dish.
 
Artemisace said:
@hypnoctopus, do you have a dedicated snake room? I can't seem to keep the humidity up in my balls tank to save my life. My corn did the same thing with ignoring the humid hide and my ball does the same thing, instead he tends to lounge in his water dish.
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I live in Phoenix too, if it gets too dry I cover half of the viv (I have a mesh top) with a very damp dish towel. You do have to re-wet it often, but especially during shedding time this is a great solution. Scarlett doesn't like water at all, she never soaks and as a result has had a few bad sheds.

I recently posted about the room temp being too hot and keeping the viv cool and got several good ideas for keeping the humidity up while keeping the viv cool, check that out and you might find another answer.
 
BTW, there are NO stupid questions here, just stupid owners who are too ignorant to post a question thereby putting their snake at risk. Never hesitate on posting a question, we were all new once! I will be posting questions for years to come I am sure, and the people here are here to help.

Welcome!
 
Artemisace said:
@hypnoctopus, do you have a dedicated snake room? I can't seem to keep the humidity up in my balls tank to save my life. My corn did the same thing with ignoring the humid hide and my ball does the same thing, instead he tends to lounge in his water dish.
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I wish I did! But no, all my tanks are just in my bedroom. It is next to the bathroom, so maybe I get a bit of humidity from people showering.
 
I live in New Mexico. I don't have issue with sheds in my rack system. But I have a few snakes in glass vivs with screen tops. They sometimes have sheds that are in pieces. For them I will put a wet towel over half of the screen when I notice that they go blue!
 
I use sterlite tubs, with them I don't have to use a humid hide. If you keep your snake in a viv type housing then a humid hide would be a good idea.
 
Here in the High Desert of northern Arizona, I've seen the humidity as low as 4%.
I've not had very good luck with moist hides so when my snakes go blue,
I keep the Vivs misted. I find it best to try and keep the humidity between about 30-40% and have only had One partial shed and that was easily dealt with.
 
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