Tips on humidity and other stuff

So I recently adopted my ball python, Dexter, and I was wondering about a few things-

1. I smoke weed (about once a day), his tank is in my room where I usually smoke but since I got him I have been doing it in other parts of the house. However, I'm getting a new roommate who doesn't smoke and I would like to keep it in my room from now on. So the question is, could I smoke in the same room he's in? It is a larger than average sized room and extremely well ventilated (I never hotbox) and they would be at opposite ends of the room.

2. Can I get a few tips on how to keep up humidity? I've finally got his temps perfect with a ceramic heater on a rheostat but now it's drying out faster. I have to spray down about 3 or 4 times a day (my reptile mister broke yesterday so I'm using a spray bottle I usually use for my succulents).

Thanks in advance for the help!
Anna :)

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3. This is my only ball python and will most likely not get another one, do I still have to worry about mites? He didn't come with mites but I was just wondering if it's possible for him to get any even if I don't bring any other reptiles in my home.

1. I personally would not recommend smoking anything with your BP in the room. The respiratory system of a reptile is much more delicate than the respiratory system of a human. For snakes specifically all of their organs have to be kind of weirdly set up to fit, lol. I've never smoked so I have no first hand experience, but I've heard that it can possibly have a role in giving reptiles respiratory infections. If I were you I'd try to keep the smoke far away from the little noodle. Maybe I'm just paranoid but I won't even light a candle in the room with my BP.

2. Ceramic heat emitters really do just suck up any moisture... I have one too and it can get pretty annoying. A spray bottle will work great as long as you continue spraying multiple times a day. I eventually started using a cool mist humidifier with a timer on it to regulate my humidity, but spray bottles are a lot cheaper ;)

3. Unfortunately mites can show up later on... My first snake came with no visible mites but apparently there were eggs under his scales... A few weeks into owning him *poof* suddenly mites appeared. I don't think this is incredibly common, but it unfortunately can happen. It's not really that big of a deal, they're just a nuisance to get rid of. Other things that can possibly transfer mites would be things like visiting reptiles at a pet store, going to a reptile convention, etc. If your BP is pretty new I would just keep an eye on him for a few weeks. You most likely have nothing to worry about though!

I hope everything goes well with you and your new snake! And hopefully the new roommate too, haha

I'd recommend that you never smoke in the same room as a snake...not weed nor any other smokes...they only have one functional lung, and heaven only
knows what inhaling a bit of weed would do to them. Do have a care...

You shouldn't have to worry about mites if you only have one snake & it didn't come with any. It's possible but unlikely that you could bring some home from
a pet store or someone else's snake on your clothing or in reptile bedding (-as some have claimed), but before you declare your snake mite-free, know that if
you just got him recently, mite eggs can still be present & hatch out mites in about 30 days, so remain vigilant.

Keeping humidity in a tank requires you to cover most of the screen top with some sort of material that is impervious to air flow, such as foil, a piece of plexi-
glass, tiles, or plastic wrap. Restricting air-flow is how the plastic enclosures maintain humidity, so you need to mimic that. Some substrates also hold the
humidity far more than others.

Generally you don't smoke, spray aerosols, burn incense, or even use those Scentsy things anywhere near your snake. I won't have any of that in my house, never mind my snake room.