[Cazador]

I also try to keep the hibernaculum pretty dry. I've read that people have lost snakes when their hibernaculum became too moist. One guy mentioned that his moist wood chips even became covered with fungus. That can't be good for a snake's lung(s). Personally, I brumate snakes on paper towels with a small water bowl at one end and change the paper towels whenever they become too moist. It works for me.