Preferred humidity levels for my shedding young veiled boy

GodricktheVeiled

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So, I've done a ton of research and ironed out kinks (maintaining proper humidity and misting schedules, fogger etc.) in my husbandry with my boy, Godrick. I just keep seeing conflicting information on humidity levels for shedding chameleons, and I know a lot of people here have Panthers instead of veiled chameleons.
Godrick is just today in his third shed since he's been home with me (he came home December 12th 2018) his first shed here was about 2 days total, his second shed lasted about 4 to 6 hours...today it looks like he will be finished in about the same time frame as his last shed.
In your opinions, what is your preferred humidity level for shedding? Do you keep it the same? Do you bump it up a bit? Or let it slightly drop?

I've only had him about 5 1/2 weeks and I believe he was probably 2 to 2 1/2 months old when he came to me.
(I wish FLChams gave hatch dates)
His first shed, I didn't have the fogger yet and I was still struggling to keep his humidity where it needed to stay.
His last shed, I bumped his humidity up to about 55%. I usually keep him at 50%
I did look through some older threads, but maybe I missed it.
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Perfect! Then he's golden! He just shed a huge chunk off and ate it. He's already over half way done. I noticed he was looking quite pale yesterday so I assumed he was about to shed. Thank you for your help! :)(y)
 
Young chams usually have a quick shed in that they shed their whole bodies in one shot. when they get older it gets a little more like shedding in spots.

just saw your photo and yeah that looks like a good shed.
 
His first shed was a little slow, he actually shed about 4 days after he came home, so I attributed it taking a bit longer because he was recently shipped and still getting acclimated (and I was struggling to keep his humidity where it should be) he got it done, though and has had quick sheds last time and looks like this one will go smoothly too. :)
 
So, I've done a ton of research and ironed out kinks (maintaining proper humidity and misting schedules, fogger etc.) in my husbandry with my boy, Godrick. I just keep seeing conflicting information on humidity levels for shedding chameleons, and I know a lot of people here have Panthers instead of veiled chameleons.
Godrick is just today in his third shed since he's been home with me (he came home December 12th 2018) his first shed here was about 2 days total, his second shed lasted about 4 to 6 hours...today it looks like he will be finished in about the same time frame as his last shed.
In your opinions, what is your preferred humidity level for shedding? Do you keep it the same? Do you bump it up a bit? Or let it slightly drop?

I've only had him about 5 1/2 weeks and I believe he was probably 2 to 2 1/2 months old when he came to me.
(I wish FLChams gave hatch dates)
His first shed, I didn't have the fogger yet and I was still struggling to keep his humidity where it needed to stay.
His last shed, I bumped his humidity up to about 55%. I usually keep him at 50%
I did look through some older threads, but maybe I missed it.View attachment 221821
I really love the look of your habitat and the face at the bottom is a nice touch!
 
Thank you! The corner bowl in the bottom is just there to catch the drops from the dripper and the mister until I can get a dragon strand heavy duty drainage pan set up. :)
Yes, I will tell you this. I bought the heavy duty draining stray from Dragon strand, and that thing works great. It seems to evaporate and I am not even having to wet vac it up or anything, so definitely worth the investment to get one. positioning it just right was the hardest thing.
 
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