Dehydrated or shedding?

[maroongrad]

There's no direct sunlight that can come in the window. Late in winter it might be, and we'll move her, but it's a west-facing window with a VERY shaded yard. We picked that window because it has a view, but no sunlight.

She's got one big hide, thank you for the information about two. Half the hide is in the warmest area, and by the end of it the temperature is down to lukewarm. The rest of the cage, she's just been burrowing but we'll get her another hide soon if you recommend it.

Right now, she's in a thirty-gallon transparent plastic tub. The heat lamp is under one corner, and it partially heats the water to luke warm (and humidifies the cage) and gets the edge of the cage nice and warm. The temp quickly fades off over a few inches, and I've raised the cage over wood so there's air circulation carrying the heat back to make a "warm" tunnel between the blocks holding it up. The hide is over half of it, lengthwise, so she's got warm outside and inside the hide. The other half of the cage gets no heat from the bottom, and that's where her branches are.

Generally she sleeps under the hide near the warmest part but not directly on it; she's got a range of temps to pick from and she's pretty consistent about how warm she wants it! As for the humidity, she's got a half-log hide that's pretty long. Should I make sure that the paper under it stays fairly damp? I'll change it out to avoid mold issues. I can also dampen the inside of the log with a mister, which I'd prefer to do.

She's an awesome snake and I feel like I'm mother-henning her, but after the trip here I think she deserves it!