Humidity question

[LadyBones]

My son and are are arguing about the humidity in his BP tank!

I have no knowledge about snakes at all, But i do have some knowledge of lizards!
We have owned in the past an Iguana and i have right now an Anole.

I keep a heat light in my anole tank plus i mist it often to keep humidity in it.

The argument with my son is that i told him he need's to keep the humidity up all the time in his BP tank, He told me no that he should only keep it up during the shedding period.

Who is right him or i? should it have humidity all the time or only during the shedding period?

Thanks
~LadyBones~

[Adam_Wysocki]

I don't raise humidity during shedding.

I keep my collection between 50% & 60% RTH 24 hours a day.

-adam

[Smulkin]

Heheh


/agree


see my reply in your other thread

[elevatethis]

I think that your son got confused. Most inexperienced keepers who keep snakes in aquariums have very low humidity levels, like 20-30%. When we say "raise it up" for shedding periods, it means to get the humidity around 50-60%, which ideally is where it should be ALL THE TIME.

[Perrin024]

your humidity should definatley be around 60% in the past ive had a hard time keeping it under 75% but too low of humidity can cause problems with its health ...i was just at the pet store and saw a ball shedding and the hum. gauge was only around 40 and it didnt look like it was doing too well in the process...adam's right 50-60% all the time

[Adam_Wysocki]

but too low of humidity can cause problems with its health

That has not been my experience. Low humidity can cause dry stuck sheds, but those are easily fixed with a good hour long soak or two. Also, sometimes low humidity can cause a ball to fast, but there is no direct relationship between low humidity and a ball pythons health.

-adam

[daniel1983]

I thought low humidity could possibly lead to an RI.....right or wrong???

[Adam_Wysocki]

I thought low humidity could possibly lead to an RI.....right or wrong???

That has not been my experience, but I certainly have not seen everything. I've had times when my humidity as been 20% and below for weeks without any problems.

-adam

[daniel1983]

Thats good to know.... I dont know where I had got that from...must be one of the many online bp myths.... thanks.

[Adam_Wysocki]

Thats good to know.... I dont know where I had got that from...must be one of the many online bp myths.... thanks.

It could be that it's true and I just got lucky as well???

-adam