I have had snakes sense the mid 1960s.
The simple ones like Eastern Hognose, Milkshakes, Garters and Cornsnakes.
But I never had any that required higher temperatures and humidity.
Last August I got my first Ball and she was rescue. Assist fed for almost 3 months and she had to be helped to shed the first few times.
Then I got two more Balls and set one up with a misting system and the first one got a mister too.
I then thought about a fogger, tried one on the third Ball and after a couple days, I got it dialed in.
Now for my amazing me discovery, the Viv with the fogger after 3 months is still clean looking and the humidity is more stable than the other two.
Both of the other Vivs have white fungus in patches and constantly have a couple wet spots with the rest of the substrate dry as a bone.
The humidity just doesn't stabilize.
But I don't have any other issues with the snakes.
So just today I got two more Herptile Humidifiers and I'm switching them out with the misters.
Love these snakes but they are a lot more work than my corns and Hoggies.
I'm not a biologist but I think the fogger works better because it doesn't get the substrate soaked and thus promoting fungus growth.
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