question bout humidity

[Brandon.O]

i was wondering if you could put one of those things for a fish tank, like the air bubble things inside your snakes water bowl to make it more humid, would it work ??

[Marla]

Yes, people have benn known to use air stones in their water dishes to up the humidity. You have to secure it or the snake will move it around, though.

[normballpython2]

hey i never knew that but would it hurt the bp if it was in the water bowl or wouldn't it like scare him or what ever? if not i am about to put it in because i am really tired of spraying every hour. the humidity drops just as fast as it rises.

[kidsnakedad]

An alternative is the Tropic Air humidifier, which you hook up to an aquarium-style air pump.

[Tigergenesis]

I've tried the Tropic-Aire and it works great. Just be sure to buy an air pump rated for a larger tank than what you have.

But with glass tanks and screen lids, by far the easiest solution is to cover with damp towels and/or duct tape (outside top of screen lid). Also I've heard using Bed-a-Beast substrate does wonders for humidity - plus you can feed on it and it looks natural.

[SheSkweezes]

we use a large water dish on top of the undertank heat pad..cover 3/4 to 1/2 the top of a 20g long tank with a glass cover(sometimes!) and Lucy has never had a bad shed...humidity seems to hover around 50% if you can believe the gauge.

[shawnster]

cover with damp towels and/or duct tape (outside top of screen lid).

could you put the towels in the tank or is that not a good idea??

[JamminJonah]

I would put some money away for a tropicaire just follow the wise advice of TG - an air stone would probably be fine to use in the water bowl but I could also see it frightening the BP out of drinking (possibly).

[Tigergenesis]

I've not tried the towels inside the tank - the humidity goes up just fine on top of the screen top.

Have you tried a humid hide? It would be all you need - if your snake will use it. My bp won't, that's why I use the Tropic-Aire and the damp towel methods.

[DiverDown]

I also use the tropicaire and would recomend it to anyone. It cured my humidity probs right away.It actually got too humid....had to revamp my lid.