Tried everything and the humidity just won't go up!

[coly18]

Ok so ive asked people who know their snakes and they all tell me to do something different so ive tried alot! I have given him a bigger water bowl, I have misted, I have changed his substrate to repti-bark, I have put his water bowl on top of the UTH, his temp is fine its just I can't get the humidity to go past 30! I mist every morning and every night usually but the water from the misting evaporates within minutes causing the humidity to go back down. At night, when his light shuts off, the humidity goes up to about 50ish with or without misting. What else can I try and how do you get yours to stay normal? I live in a basement in the northeast U.S. and its humid but its also colder than the rest of the house but like I said, his temp is fine!

[Kinra]

Have you tried covering most of the screen top with a damp towel or plastic wrap?

What type of lights are you using? Those are probably sucking the humidity right out of your tank.

[spitzu]

I'm guessing that you have a tank with a screen top? Have you tried covering most of the exposed areas to help the humidity stay in there?

[kitedemon]

Add a humid hide. Problem solved. Or a humidifier for the room will work too.

[coly18]

I'm guessing that you have a tank with a screen top? Have you tried covering most of the exposed areas to help the humidity stay in there?

Yes it is a screen top, how long should I leave it covered and what should I cover it with? Do I leave the light fixture on the top and leave it turned on or do I take it off?

[coly18]

Add a humid hide. Problem solved. Or a humidifier for the room will work too.

Unfortunately my bp does not like humid hides, yes I know he's weird! Ill try the one I have again and see if he'll take to it this time.

[killerphade310]

U should switch to tubs

[RetiredJedi]

Justin,
I have a glass tank and my humidity level sucked real bad. I installed a UTH, got rid of the heat lamp and don't use any light except for what comes through the window across the room. I covered three sides of the tank and did the screen top similar to THIS. The difference is I did the treatment to a piece of cardboard I cut to fit over the screen and did that foil treatment to the cardboard and then placed the cardboard over the screen. For the "window" you see in the center of the foil treatment, I just kept one of the corners open and added a piece of plexiglass to that corner (free moving). Now I can move that plexi open and closed if I need to adjust any temps or humidity. The cool side stays at around 81 degrees - 51% humidity and warm side is around 90 degrees - 60% humidity. The only heat source is coming from the UTH. I also have two of the ACURITE digital readers and I bought ONE OF THESE to control the temp of the UTH. It didn't take long at all to get the temps and humidity to where it is good to go. It's been about 3 weeks and everything is still good to go.

[Kinra]

Yes it is a screen top, how long should I leave it covered and what should I cover it with? Do I leave the light fixture on the top and leave it turned on or do I take it off?

If your not using the light fixture for heat, the you don't really need it. There are a lot of different things you can use to cover the screen top. I keep my boa in a glass tank with a screen lid and I cover pretty much the entire thing with a damp towel. My humidity has been great and I get perfect sheds. I still mist once a day and make sure the towel stays damp. You pretty much need to always keep the top covered to keep humidity in.

Tubs are much better at keeping humidity though.

[Simple Man]

You've tried everything... but a tub.

Regards,

B