Yea water does the trick every time well don i couldnt help but notice noticed that ur using some sort of dust is it aspen?Not tryna be a tool mate but from past expiriences aspen has been a real problem for me as many of my snakes got it stuck in the sides of their mouths and i also found it to be quite dusty wich means they inhail a lot of that dust and that can cause some problems so i stuck to news paper and it works great cheap,easy to clean and best of all doesnt effect the snake other than that you have a great lil snake,have a good one.