Humid Hide

Klim · 05-03-17, 07:14 PM

I've had my little Klim since Dec 2016. He has shed every month since we got him. Prior to the humid hide he only had one clean shed. And I would have to help him get the old skin off. I made him a humid hide, which did take him a couple weeks to find but he did. And wow this guy had a great shed this month. Thank you all with for the great advice. This was a perfect shed!

frankadank · 05-03-17, 08:26 PM

what you use? happy to hear it worked good!

Jim Smith · 05-03-17, 09:28 PM

Depending on the size of your snake, you can use anything that is fully enclosed and will not be affected by the high humidity. For my baby BRBs, I use large plastic index card boxes. They are about 8 inches wide, 5 inches deep and 5.25 inches tall. I just cut an appropriate sized hole at the font corner of the box, about 1/2 inch from the bottom, added moist sphagnum moss and they love them. I will make larger humid hides for them as they grow. Every shed has been perfect.

regi375 · 05-04-17, 09:13 AM

I use a humid hide with my Cali Kingsnake. Only ever had one shed not come off in one piece so far (a bit near the end of her tail retained, but I was able to easily slip it right off).

Klim · 05-04-17, 10:17 AM

I used a black bowl with a lid that comes off, added sphagnum moss that had been soaked in water and squeezed out some. I added a few pebbles in the bottom, bought in the decorating section and washed with soap and water. He just seems to love it. I added a fake vine on top and fake grass in front of it so it blends well, looks natural and makes him feel more secure.

Scubadiver59 · 05-04-17, 02:10 PM

My King and Corn just dive to the bottom of the Sphagnum moss bowls that I put in their cages. They sit there for days, except for when I evict them to re-soak the moss, and all sheds have come off w/o any issues.