Does anybody ever do this for humidity? And, do BPs dislike moist substrate? (I use aspen bedding, if that helps anything)
12-27-2012, 10:34 PM
mercerasian
I do it all the time to keep the humidity up. I usually only mist the cage when my little guy is in his hide so he's never actually on moist substrate, and I don't mist so much that it soaks the substrate, just a thin film of water throughout the enclosure. Just enough to keep the humidity up but will all evaporate within the hour.
I also use aspen bedding and it's advise with any bedding to not have it soaked with moisture. Just enough to keep the humidity up. The bedding shouldn't exactly feel wet, it should feel moist in the same way fog feels moist compared to rain. Having wet bedding can lead to scale rot so that's ill advised to wet the bedding that much.
One thing I do that others might not is mist the glass of the tank also, and not only the bedding. I feel like this keeps the water away from the bedding (to prevent it from getting soaked) but allows me to add that little bit more moisture into the tank. I also will introduce a humid hide into the tank when I notice he's going into shed (which I always know because I handle him daily and sometimes multiple times a day). I've personally never seen him in this humid hide but it's there if he ever decides to. He's only shed twice while with me and this last time was a perfect complete shed so I figure my way of keeping the humidity up is working just fine.
Only thing I'd say otherwise is I do tend to have to mist many times a day (almost every time I check on his temps and humidity which is every few hours) because the aspen doesn't hold humidity well. You'd make it last longer by adding sphagnum moss but since I don't mind misting often or checking on his temps as often as I do, I feel that I can keep the humidity levels up just by misting and not have to use moss. Usually once I finish misting, the humidity climbs to about 65 - 75% and then by the time I come back to check a few hours later, it's down to about 50%. That's just how I maintain the humidity for my guy but you can make it easier by adding the moss or switching to coco husk substrate or something along those lines.
Hope that helps.
12-27-2012, 10:48 PM
cschneider
I only mist when they are in shed, once a day or every other day. I wouldn't think it's a good idea to do it all the time unless you have a lot of issues keeping the humidity up. If its too high for too long, I would be worried about RI's.
