[citysnakes]

Willow, in the other thread you mentioned how you took the heat lamp off of the screen top because it was getting much to hot in the exoterra. i would suggest covering up the entire screen lid with plastic to reduce the amount of total ventilation. this will keep more moisture within the air within the tank but keep an eye out for mold. if you see any mould growing then you need to slightly increase the ventilation or reduce the misting. youll have to experiment to find the right combination of ventilation and misting. ventilation is important but you dont need as much ventilation as you may think especially if you are openning the enclosure once a day to manually mist or maintain.

i think the mistking you have in there is unnecessary. a 45 second mist each hour for eight hours it too much. obviously this is not working as proven by the consistently bad sheds. you need to raise the humidity within the environment by other means and reduce the amount of misting as it can cause problems later on.

cover up most if not the entire screen lid and experiment with your ventilation and the amount you mist the tank, use a substrate like cypress mulch or newspaper and get a water bowl with a large diameter. if you follow these steps you should be able to keep up the humidity even if you are housing the GTP in an exoterra.

sometimes i only mist my GTPs a few times a week and i always get perfect one piece sheds. this just goes to show how influencial the environment is on the health of your animal.

im writing this post pretty late so i hope it may actually help.