Humidity problem

[NCKarlov]

My BP has a drastically low humidity...20% right now. Her temps are fine, she has plenty of water supplies. although i'm interested in switching from a heat lamp to an UTH with a thermostat...probably gonna toss that under her water supply to get some more humidity. If having it under there makes her temps too low, i'll use my ceramic lamp and the UTH. Right now i got cardboard with a towel (for weight) over about 70% of her screen top. Her warm side is SLIGHTLY warm at about 100F and her cool side is around 86F. don't know if that is anything to be concerned about...

is misting the cage enough? and if so how much am i gonna mist each time i do it?
how much is putting UTH under her water going to raise it? how much is wrapping 75% of her lid with plastic going to help? that is going to be a major pain with the sliding type of lid she has right now... humidifiers? are they worth it?

I'm living in a basement and my main source of ambient heat in my room is a space heater. Dry heat. would tossing a humidifier in my room be a great help?

Bottom line...i got 20% humidity and i'm more than willing to do what it takes to get it up to 50%, and 70% when she sheds...i just don't know how to quite go about it!

[Vomitore]

My BP has a drastically low humidity...20% right now. Her temps are fine, she has plenty of water supplies. although i'm interested in switching from a heat lamp to an UTH with a thermostat...probably gonna toss that under her water supply to get some more humidity. If having it under there makes her temps too low, i'll use my ceramic lamp and the UTH. Right now i got cardboard with a towel (for weight) over about 70% of her screen top. Her warm side is SLIGHTLY warm at about 100F and her cool side is around 86F. don't know if that is anything to be concerned about...

is misting the cage enough? and if so how much am i gonna mist each time i do it?
how much is putting UTH under her water going to raise it? how much is wrapping 75% of her lid with plastic going to help? that is going to be a major pain with the sliding type of lid she has right now... humidifiers? are they worth it?

I'm living in a basement and my main source of ambient heat in my room is a space heater. Dry heat. would tossing a humidifier in my room be a great help?

Bottom line...i got 20% humidity and i'm more than willing to do what it takes to get it up to 50%, and 70% when she sheds...i just don't know how to quite go about it!

First get the warm side down to 90 then mist the cage to raise humidity and see how much you need to mist. Start out with lil misting then mist more if needed. You want it at 70% only when she's in shed and 50% for normal. Your heat is more then likely the cause. 100 degrees is too hot and I'd be concerned when a hot hot comes rollin' in. The cool side could be a lil cooler from 82-84 but 86 is nothing to go crazy over.

[NCKarlov]

alright, i turned off the space heater in my room...got the vent going though. so now my room doesn't feel like an oven. She's basically going off room temp with a ceramic 100W on her warm side. i misted 5 minutes ago...got 25% humidity and 95F warm side 80F cool side. Seems better...i also took a piece of cardboard. cut it to fit the entire lid (except the ceramic lamp, so there is some air flow) i wrapped it in aluminum foil...so i'll be going to bed and waking up to check temps and humiditys...see where we are then

P.S.
i understand a UTH is alot better for my type of set up..just haven't got around to ordering one and a thermostat

[rmune0750]

My BP has a drastically low humidity...20% right now. Her temps are fine, she has plenty of water supplies. although i'm interested in switching from a heat lamp to an UTH with a thermostat...probably gonna toss that under her water supply to get some more humidity. If having it under there makes her temps too low, i'll use my ceramic lamp and the UTH. Right now i got cardboard with a towel (for weight) over about 70% of her screen top. Her warm side is SLIGHTLY warm at about 100F and her cool side is around 86F. don't know if that is anything to be concerned about...

is misting the cage enough? and if so how much am i gonna mist each time i do it?
how much is putting UTH under her water going to raise it? how much is wrapping 75% of her lid with plastic going to help? that is going to be a major pain with the sliding type of lid she has right now... humidifiers? are they worth it?

I'm living in a basement and my main source of ambient heat in my room is a space heater. Dry heat. would tossing a humidifier in my room be a great help?

Bottom line...i got 20% humidity and i'm more than willing to do what it takes to get it up to 50%, and 70% when she sheds...i just don't know how to quite go about it!

I just switched to a UTH and a thermostat and it was a great decision...I think everyone should use this method....try to get that warm side down to 94 and the cool down a little more to 84....just mist the cage so it gets damp, dont ever mist so much that its dripping wet.....I had the same humidity problem but mine was at 45% all the time and i just mist often and put the waterbowl over the UTH and its up to 50% now......the reason your humidity is that low is because of the lamps you are using....they suck the humidity out of the cage...believe me i have experience with that because i used to use an all lights setup and i was getting humidity like you have....

[Stewart_Reptiles]

= Bottom line...i got 20% humidity and i'm more than willing to do what it takes to get it up to 50%, and 70% when she sheds...i just don't know how to quite go about it!

Your humidity does not have to be 70% during shedding as long as you have a constant humidity between 50% and 60% this is all you need. All y BP shed in one piece with humidity between 50% to 60%.

There are couple of options to help increase the humidity level.

Having a substrate that hold humidity better (repti-bark, cypress mulch).
Mist several times a day.

Have a second water dish above the UTH.

Having a humid hide in your tank, made with a rubermaid container and moss (Must be big enough for your BP to get in). Need to be clean up and moss change often as it can be ground for bacteria to develop).

Covering the top of your enclosure partially to keep humidity in.

Hope this help

[NCKarlov]

yes it did help very much. i'm covering the top of my cage very well. all is covered (not air tight covered) except the area in which my ceramic is at right now. I haven't got around to getting a UTH yet. just a financial thing. I got the thought though, tell me if this is viable. 2 UTHs, one under her water source on the cool side and one just under the substrate on the warm side. thermostats on them and use them together to try to keep the temps the same. I'm just sceptical of how much a UTH will keep up her temps in comparison to the heat that my ceramic 100W pumps out.

My next purchase (other than the UTH and thermostat) is going to be a large piece of drift wood (to help with shedding and fill up more room in her cage for her security). and cover it with that moss, also fill both hides partially with moss. misting that moss regularly should help out alot i'd think..

Right now i have a very good portion of the tank covered on the top. and 3 water sources. i mist as often as i can think about it, but i do work full time so i can't do it non-stop. Right after a misting, her humidity will go up to a solid 40%, then drop down to around 25%. warm side 93F cool side 80F. i put water sources in front of both of her hides, so i'm thinking that maybe that helps out with her humidity, even though her ambient humidity is low.

Anyways, let me know what you think of having mulitple UTHs..is it a waste? will one be enough to keep temps, with it being under the water source and all?