Heating problem

I'm in an apartment, and it's been pretty cold here in ga recently so I bought a space heater for my reptiles (they're all in the same corner). If I turn on the heat to the whole apt. my bill SKYROCKETS. But then the space heater I use absolutely sucks out all of the humidity in the room, I've seen it as low as 33%. The snake hotspots stay at a constant 90 with my herpstat, but I can't keep my ambient temps up without it sucking away all of the humidity.

So, what other options would you suggest to keep my snakes warm? :confusd:

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Originally Posted by Trackstrong83

I'm in an apartment, and it's been pretty cold here in ga recently so I bought a space heater for my reptiles (they're all in the same corner). If I turn on the heat to the whole apt. my bill SKYROCKETS. But then the space heater I use absolutely sucks out all of the humidity in the room, I've seen it as low as 33%. The snake hotspots stay at a constant 90 with my herpstat, but I can't keep my ambient temps up without it sucking away all of the humidity.

So, what other options would you suggest to keep my snakes warm? :confusd:

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why are you not using a lamp? infrared or just a heat emitter plugged into a lamp thing

How cold is the room getting?

Use the space heater and provide a humid hide onthe warm side. Make a humid hide by getting a small plastic container and cut out a small hole. Then put some sphagnum moss in it. Instant sauna that provides all your humidity needs.

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Every heat source that heat air will change humidity it is just the way heating works. Warm air can carry more water than cool but you need to provide more water mass to manage this. A humid hide during sheds is the simple solution. Adding extra water mass also can help. Misting is nothing more than a very short term solution as there is no amount of water and it will quickly dissipate.

Insulated enclosures are good for one or two degrees adding fluorescent lights adds 6-12 degrees more, LED night lights can add an extra 4-6º you can vary the lights as the seasons change in the coldest part of the year I run LED and FL lights day and just LED night as the temps increase I run FL day and LED night and during the warmest the FL lights only a few hours a day and LED sometimes if at all.

You say its low in the room. Do you not monitor the actual cages humidity? If not I would check it first, it may be fine inside the cages.

I use a oil heater and my cages humidity is fine.