If you are expecting a shed, you can raise the humidity a bit by putting in a bigger water bowl, doing daily water mists, or switching the substrate (A better humidity holder such as cypress mulch). I don't think that the snake died from lack of humidity, although from the condition of the shed you did not have enough. Normally, they only need around 40%, and it would be a really good idea to go to a department store and buy one of those humidity readers, only about $5. During the shed cycle, it will help to attempt to bring the humidity up to about 60-70%.



Before you get your next snake I would recommend NOT getting one from a pet store unless you know for fact that it came from a breeder, as most pet stores get their ball pythons from imports and captive borns, not breeders. These snakes are a lot more prone to illness and parasites, and often have mites which make the snake's life not very happy

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• baby python died.... y? - s3xii_girl_xo, Thu Dec 21 20:19:07 2006
• RE: baby python died.... y? - tikisnakes, Sun Dec 24 15:14:31 2006