Misting

[thedigi1]

Well I have tried everything that you guys said to do and even some stuff that Brian from BHB told me to do and it seems that I cant get this humidity to rise anymore than 38%
I don't know what else to do! It can't be that dry in my home I have 2 different types of hydrometers one is a dial one form exo terra and the others are digital types from fluckers. Now the exo terra says that my tank is 60 (on the cool side)but the two digital ones say 21% on the hot side and 30% on the cool side. Please ne1 something anything or am I to assume that all is well! lol:confused

[J.Bissell]

I don't know what you've been told thus far, and I don't know what your set up is like, so I'll start from the top... If you can describe your set up, or get pictures I could help more specifically.

First is your enclosure plastic or glass? If it's glass, humidity and heat are harder to keep up, but by no means impossible. If it is glass you may want to consider closing up the top a little bit.

What is the heat gradient?
How is the enclosure covered?
Heat Sources?
Water dish size?

- The first thing I would look at would be the size of the water dish. One with slightly more water surface area can help increase humidity.

- Also putting the water dish closer to the warm side can help too. If you have a Heat lamp or Ceramic Heat Emitter, those can decrease humidity slightly.

- Something else is a possibility. If your temps are too cold it won't be as humid.

- Substrate can also make a big difference in the amount of humidity in the air. Some sub. just suck the humidity up, others release it slowly. Jungle type bedding is good to keep humidity up, and coconut bark is good also.

You would be surprised how dry it is, depending on where you live. During the winter air is dry naturally, during the summer it's humid outside, but the AC drys the air out.

Hope this helps.

J

[waltah!]

I'd also suggest trying a larger water dish and putting it closer to the warm side. I pull the Fluker's out sometimes and humidity is in the 20's in the room. It's crazy how well tubs hold it at 55%. Good luck!

[BMorrison]

Try putting a wet warm towel over 3/4's of the enclosure and wash it every week to prevent bacterial growth.

Hope this helps.

[missi182]

The humidity in my room drops to 30% all winter, and I had to use (and still do) several different methods to keep my 15 gallon tank around 55-60%.

First, I covered half of the screen with foil tape, and the other with a damp towel, and left a few inches around my lamp.

Second, I kept a large waterbowl over my UTH to help the water evaporate into the enclosure.

Third, I bought a compact humdifier ($15 - 2.5 gallons), and put it on a shelf just above my tank. It sounds like a lot but in the summer, just the humidifier will keep the humidity where I need it, while in the winter all 3 methods are needed. Hope that helps some!!

[thedigi1]

Well yes my tank is a 20 gallon long and I have a UTH and a day/night light. I don't have the screen covered cause when I did the humidity seemed to have dropped and that freaked me out. I have the tank covered all around except the front glass to help keep in some of the heat.

[azak323]

I would definitely keep the top partially covered; it really doesn't make the humidity drop, i don't know why it would have appeared to drop. What you could/should try doing is getting a tupperware large enough for your snake and cut a hole in the lid only big enough for your snake to fit through). preferably, it should be a shallow, circular container, but it doesn't have to be. Put an inch or two of water in it and then put it into the enclosure. Even though your overall humidity won't be high, the humidity inside the bowl will be, and your snake will go in there and soak when he's feeling dry. Putting it over the heating pad will make it even more humid. I've heard of people having this in their enclosure full-time, but you could just use it as a temporary fix until you get the whole tank figured out. Hope this helps!

[thedigi1]

Well I now just covered it half way with a towel to see what effect it will have. I just made for the time being because my local pet store is closed 2 identical hides! I already had one wooden type but I think it was too big. So I made two out of some box.

[J.Bissell]

Is the towel damp? If it's dry it might actually absorb some humidity. I have used plastic to cover to bring the humidity up in my glass setups.

[thedigi1]

well no I didn't try that but what I did I covered it with plastic and placed a dry towel over it. I only covered it half way to let the night light in and air flow