Hello everyone! I'm a new king snake owner, and I could definitely use some help. I've done my research, but there's so much that I don't know, and Google doesn't always seem to have all the answers after all.

So I got my snake Sunday. He's an albino king, I got him from Petsmart. All I know about him is that he was there for six months before I got him, which is really sad to me.

I fed him two pinkies Wednesday, and he's been great thus far. However, Thursday night, I noticed his skin was flaking. After Googling it, it seemed the most common answer is that he's shedding. It's hard to tell since he's albino. I've been working hard to keep the humidity up through going to work all day, etc. I put a humidifier up in my room tonight. I handled him a little bit earlier, while misting his tank down. I allowed him to lay in a small tub which I filled with lukewarm water for a few minutes, hopefully to get him shedding okay. After that, I put him back into his terrarium, and suddenly he's become extremely active. He's climbed up the tree, wrapped himself around the thermometer, and been exploring way more than he usually has.

Up until now he hasn't done much except hide under the bedding somewhere in the terrarium.

I'm not sure if he's okay? If this is normal? I'm not really sure what to do to help him/care for him.

Any advice would be helpful/appreciated. Thank you all in advance for your help. I don't know where else to turn. Thank you again!

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