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Now i know sue is on back, she told me that i didnt need to post so much(thought thats what this site is for?) but umm yeah gettin to my question for all the exp decent human beings here, i know that the humidity for shedding kings needs to be between 60-70? or at least thats what my research has told me?i have been misting every other day n throwing in a humid hide which both my kings dont use (yet?)is there a prob in this situation? the humidity in both my tanks is remaining at 30-40? what can i do to raise it? help would be appreciated excuse the many post's just tryin to do whats best by my KingSnake's appologies to all if i have been posting too much, just tryin to learn as much as i possibly can, as to temps someone asked me to get exact figures, i have done just that, here goes during the daytime my cool side temps range from 72-74 degrees farenheight and my heated side reaches 76-82 degrees farenheight, At night the cooler side Ie not heated,70-72ish and the heated side 74-to just under 80, is this sufficent? Thank You all in Advance For your Time And Patience with this beginner Snake Keeper.

I wait until the blue clears up and then mist the snake directly in the enclosure once a day until they shed. I've used the humidity box and it works too. They'll use it when they need it.
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Appreciate it Martin, im going with that method.thnx for your time! Mike.

If they do have a hide they use a lot, I will put a WELL RINSED damp rag into it instead of a seperate humid hide. It's the same as adding a humid hide, but in a place they're accustomed to being .
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Ace

Yeah they do, well there in shed tho, i skipped there feeding for this week, consider that idea taken, im going to get around to it...just one ques if a kingsnake is in i=his cool hide i e (unheated) is it still ok for me to throw a damp paper towel in there?

Actually, I prefer using a cloth rag. It holds the dampness longer, plus they can crawl through it better when they do shed. Just make sure you rinse any kind of detergents out.
The temp of the rag will become the same temp as the ambient temps. If your low end temps are OK, then there shouldn't be any problems .
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Ace

much apreciated Ace, hey anothor quick ques, i have just aquired a pretty good piece of driftwood (five finger discount from someone's yard in southplainfield new jersey, upper class White trash town)Im orig from Ozone Park Queens New York thank God! anyway back to the subject, i took the liberty of placing it in a large container with bout cup full off bleach overnite being as how this piece of drift wood has been in these ppls front lawn for god knows how long(weighted down) is this adequte? what are your recomendations for disinfecting used driftwood? or is your advice not too use it all ? too many risks from who knows what inside or on the wood? used hot water almost boiling? its a great looking piece of DW, dont wanna get rid of it?!? thnx in adv Mike.S