Just bought a Zoo Med Reptifogger

[suepatt22]

I bought it to raise the humidity in Marcie's terrarium, and I've been using it for about a week now, turning it on for 20 minutes twice a day. It's been alright, I know Marcie loves it. She always comes out whenever I turn it on.

I can still tell the substrate is drying out though, but not as quickly. I use EcoEarth. Was thinking about covering up more of the screen top, since I have only covered about half of it.

The "Zoo Med HygroTherm Humidity and Temperature Controller" was recommended alongside the humidifier so I'm thinking about getting that as well, might keep it more humid.

Does anyone else have one/have thoughts about the product?

[Pyrate81]

I've only seen one person use it and he had to refill the water bottle once a day. Said it worked great for him. IMO- it seems overpriced if I have to refill it every day. But it depends on relative humidity I supose. Not sure if the zoomed hygro/thermostat is any good but the proper herpstat would definitely be worth the price.


There was also someone who just did a fogger converstion to a humidifier, if I find it I'll post the link to the thread.

Thread: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...e-Fogger-Redux

Herpstat:
http://spyderrobotics.com/home/products.html

[dillan2020]

If 20 minutes twice a day isn't enough you could pick up a little timer at home depot or somewhere. each little button you press on the timer is 15 minutes. so if 20 minutes twice a day isn't enough you could try 15 4 times or 5 times or however many times till you find a happy medium.

[slipknot711]

I own one. May I suggest using a 2 liter bottle instead of the 1 liter that comes with it. i use a two liter bottle, the spout attaches onto 2 liter the same as the 1 liter.

[suepatt22]

I was also looking at the AcuRite humidity moniter, but the price is cheap and I'm afraid the product will be cheap as well. I've heard both good and bad things about it.

I'm thinking about bumping up the time to an hour twice a day to see how that fares. Maybe switch the substrate as well? If I switch to aspen bedding, then I will for sure have to get a thermostat for the UTH (shame on me for not having one already).

If you can't tell, I'm not that experienced with snakes Marcie is my first one, and even though I've had her for a year next month and have been researching constantly, I'm still clueless.

[Slim]

If you're talking about the Acu-rite hygrometer that you can pick up at Walmart, I've been using them for years, and have never had a problem with them. I think I still have the original 4 or 5 that I bought back in 2008. They've never skipped a beat.

[suepatt22]

If you're talking about the Acu-rite hygrometer that you can pick up at Walmart, I've been using them for years, and have never had a problem with them. I think I still have the original 4 or 5 that I bought back in 2008. They've never skipped a beat.

Dang, that's pretty impressive. I'll pick one up today! Where do you place yours? In the cool or warm side?

[Slim]

Where do you place yours?

I use a tub and rack system, so I place mine in the front of the tub. I use a temp gun to monitor the warm spot in the back. I use the Acu-rite to give me a basic air temp and humidity level. Basically, if I can do a quick look and see that my humidity and air temp in the front (cool end) of the tub are good, then I can be pretty certain that things in the back of the tub are ok.

It looks like this:



EDIT: This photo was taken when I was stationed in Virginia. Now that I'm back in Florida where the humidity is higher, I use a much smaller water bowl.

[suepatt22]

I use a tub and rack system, so I place mine in the front of the tub. I use a temp gun to monitor the warm spot in the back. I use the Acu-rite to give me a basic air temp and humidity level. Basically, if I can do a quick look and see that my humidity and air temp in the front (cool end) of the tub are good, then I can be pretty certain that things in the back of the tub are ok...

EDIT: This photo was taken when I was stationed in Virginia. Now that I'm back in Florida where the humidity is higher, I use a much smaller water bowl.

Oh I see! What temp gun do you use? I want a really good one, but not so pricey.
I used to live in South Carolina so they humidity levels were great in my snake's terrarium, but now that I'm in Washington state, it's hell

Thanks for helping, by the way!

[Slim]

Very welcome! This is the temp gun I've been using for the last 3 years. It's just like a hammer; brutally simple and works every time

http://www.reptilebasics.com/412l-thermometer