light and humidity

ok, so i have a blue daylight bulb its a 100W, and when i turn it on, it sucks the poo out of my humidity, it drives me insane, so someone please help me.

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Originally Posted by Jasonx

ok, so i have a blue daylight bulb its a 100W, and when i turn it on, it sucks the poo out of my humidity, it drives me insane, so someone please help me.

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Don't worry about ambient humidity.

Buy a bag of spaghnum moss, soak it, wring it out and place it in the hide. You may need to provide a larger hide to accommodate both the moss and your animal.

This creates a humid hide. I keep several species of snake that require high humidity. The ambient in the snake house is about 35 to 40%. I provide humid hides, humid retreats and humid nest boxes and have no issues whatsoever.

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

Don't worry about ambient humidity.

Buy a bag of spaghnum moss, soak it, wring it out and place it in the hide. You may need to provide a larger hide to accommodate both the moss and your animal.

This creates a humid hide. I keep several species of snake that require high humidity. The ambient in the snake house is about 35 to 40%. I provide humid hides, humid retreats and humid nest boxes and have no issues whatsoever.

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im going to listen this time and not be a douche, but where can i get this moss?

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

Don't worry about ambient humidity.

Buy a bag of spaghnum moss, soak it, wring it out and place it in the hide. You may need to provide a larger hide to accommodate both the moss and your animal.

This creates a humid hide. I keep several species of snake that require high humidity. The ambient in the snake house is about 35 to 40%. I provide humid hides, humid retreats and humid nest boxes and have no issues whatsoever.

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+2. Same here. :gj:

Ambient humidity in our snake room is also around 35-40% because of the oil heater we use. A little damp sphagnum moss and/or a quick hose down of the substrate with a spray bottle during shed is all ya need.

well even when i misted earlier, it still dropped way down to nearly 40, and also, where can i get this sphagnum moss!

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Originally Posted by Jasonx

im going to listen this time and not be a douche, but where can i get this moss?

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Calm down, man. We aren't attacking you.

Any pet store should carry it. Home Depot and Lowes usually carry it as well, but I'm not 100% sure they will have it this time of year.

What are you using for substrate?

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Originally Posted by AK907

Calm down, man. We aren't attacking you.

Any pet store should carry it. Home Depot and Lowes usually carry it as well, but I'm not 100% sure they will have it this time of year.

What are you using for substrate?

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no no no, in the past skiploder and i have had conflict, but i am using aspen,

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Originally Posted by Jasonx

no no no, in the past skiploder and i have had conflict, but i am using aspen,

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Gotcha. Aspen is kinda crappy for humidity. I use it and most of here do as well. Another thing you might try is covering 1/2-3/4 of the top of your tank (assuming you use a tank) with a damp towel. That can help. I'm sure you have an extra towel laying around, so its worth a shot.

Cypress/fir/orchid bark is also a great choice for substrates. They hold humidity a lot better. Coconut husk is another. With the coconut husk you can mix in a little bit of vermiculite or perlite and that will help hold humidity as well. Coconut husk molds pretty quick, though.

As long as you keep a couple humid hides, I wouldn't worry too much about ambient humidity too much, like skiploder said.