Dear Mark,



Thank you for the info. I'll be sure to check your long post on kingsnakes.



I forgot to say in my own posting that I live in Mexico (Cuernavaca), so I guess I couldn't really be of help in trying to steer you to a wild Senticolis in Arizona.



All your points about the snake needing the calcium from bones and the hair of whole prey as part of their diet have been duly noted as is the lizard scenting "trick" (we have plenty of small lizards in our garden and perhaps we could even offer our snake a live one).



As for temperature, we keep its tank at room temperature, which is normally somewhere around 85º F (we have very stable temperature in Cuernavaca throughout the year and the tank is indoors). It does have some tree bark for it to hide under, but even though it always has a lid filled with fresh water, my guess is that, overall, the conditions of tha tank are fairly dry (the substrate was bought in a petshop and is made of small brown pebbles). So I guess providing it with more humidity might be the answer to its constant shedding.



Thanks again for the useful questions.



Jorge

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