Zach,



Thanks for the comments. I made the post yesterday, and he shed this evening. The humidity was in the 50% range this morning and tonight when I came home from work. I don't think he had shed when I checked at 7 o'clock after work, but when I checked around 8 o'clock, he had shed in a nice, one-piece shed.



I let him rest for about an hour or two and then gave him an adult mouse. I've never fed him an adult, and it left a little bulge in his stomach before he went back under his water dish. When it works a little further down, it might not be noticeable at all. Either way, I'm not going to bother him for a couple of days to check.



Somewhere in there, he also defecated a little bit on one of his hides. I've cleaned that mess and misted his cage one more time for good measure.



I feel that it's been a successful day of snake-keeping for a newbie. The one-piece shed seems like good news.



You mentioned trying to give him a warmer hot spot and cooler temperatures in the rest of the cage. Do you have any recommendations on how to do this? The only heat that I'm using in his cage right now is UTH. I have two separate pads, and neither is on a rheostat. I can't think of any way to dial up the temperature in only one spot.



Thanks,





Bill
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It's not how many snakes you have. It's how happy and healthy you can keep them.

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