Having Real Trouble With Humidity Of Hot Side Since Substrate Change

I am treating Monty for mites at the moment which mean he is running on Kitchen Towel (Paper Towel) - Cool side Humidity stays around 65 (its where the big water bowl is) warm side drops to 40 over night. I got no way of controlling it as I will be in work.

Any thoughts as I go through this phase of fixing mites?

I wouldn't worry about it, it's not low enough to be an issue. You could also just mist the cage late at night.

I would just mist as well 40 percent is still relatively decent. Gotta hate those little things worst thing ever luckily I haven't ran into them personally yet in my collection.

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Ok thanks, good to know. I am so protective over this little fella and I only had him 2 weeks. I found 2 mites today on the paper towel and squished them. And there was one in the water bowl in which he has been all day. He is out now so I got him out just for 5 mins and got one off of his mouth. He is so chilled out. Let me do anything within reason, as long as I am slow.

My wife even attempted to hold him tonight. She almost did, but just could no go the entire way!!

You could try adding another water bowl to the warm side, assuming there is room in the enclosure for it.

You could put a small container with a lid with holes in it filled with water if you didn't want another water bowl. Why not just move the water bowl closer to the warm side?

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Originally Posted by bcr229

You could try adding another water bowl to the warm side, assuming there is room in the enclosure for it.

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I put a little one on the warm side. Not making any difference though. Might have to get a bigger one.

I would probably just go with misting once or twice a day, if he's soaking anyway the small drop on the hot side shouldn't be a problem. The advice I got when my guy had mites was that you want it a little dry for a little while to help kill off the mites since they thrive at the same humidity your snake does.

Unless it's actually causing a problem, I wouldn't worry about it. If fact when treating for mites it's usually advisable to remove the water bowl.

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Originally Posted by gaitedappy

I would probably just go with misting once or twice a day, if he's soaking anyway the small drop on the hot side shouldn't be a problem. The advice I got when my guy had mites was that you want it a little dry for a little while to help kill off the mites since they thrive at the same humidity your snake does.

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That gives me some piece of mind! Thank you.