Terra Cotta makes a great humidifier!

Just wanted to share my little discovery. Over the weekend I placed a couple of terra cotta saucers (about 3" dia) in one of my tanks with the idea of placing some sphagnum moss in them for extra humidity. First I washed them so they were still wet when I put them in. I never had a chance to put any moss in them because the humidity shot right up (too high in fact). So to make a long story short, damp terra cotta soaks up water very well and releases it slowly adding humidity. Has anyone else noticed this? Many people use terra cotta for hides so I imagine that it is safe to do this right?

sorry, but what is terra cotta? where do you get it?

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Originally Posted by djansen

sorry, but what is terra cotta? where do you get it?

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Terra cotta (Italian: "baked earth") is a ceramic. Its uses include vessels, water & waste water pipes and surface embellishment in building construction. The term is also used to refer to items made out of this material and to its natural, brownish orange color.

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Originally Posted by djansen

sorry, but what is terra cotta? where do you get it?

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Yeah, its just the orange clay pots that you would put a house plant in. Unglazed. Get them at walmart.

Yup, thats what I use for hides. Azalea pots. When I see a snake going blue, I soak the pot for a while, and we're good to go for a nice shed. Careful though, they tend to mold if you leave them wet too long.

Steve

these pots are great i use them for most of my snakes and there pots are there favorite place to hide. as well as a good humidity source.

Do you guys have any pics of these pots you use? Thanks a bunch :)

Just one question... how do you cut a whole on a terracotta pot? :confused: