Fogger for humidity?

What have you tried besides this? There's bigger water bowl, covering the top, spraying. Actually, those usually take care of it. I'd put it in a tub before getting a fogger.

When I had a tank with the top covered, the CHE over the water bowl actually helped both my ambient temps and humidity.

Foggers are great for tropical animals that require VERY high humidity, but not for ball pythons.

Ball pythons like a lot of humidity but they don't like it wet. I feel as though a fogger or misting system is overkill for a ball python.

Hello.

I use the Repti Fogger unit from Zoomed. I love it! I have 1 unit for each of my ball python enclosures. They run for 30 minutes in the evening. The humidity drops slowly throughout the day, and then pumps back up again at night. The snakes have all had a shed since I installed them. All of them had a FULL BODY shed, from the tips of their mouth all the way to the tips of their tails with no ripping or tearing. I wouldn't recommend running it for more then (2) 30 minute sessions a day though, as your humidity will climb to well over 90% RH. Overall though, I'd recommend a fogger over a mister. The misters tend to wet everything, including the snakes. The fog is such a fine mist that it doesn't seem to 'wet' the snakes.

I don't know where the rumor began, but high humidity does not cause respiratory infections in ball pythons. In fact, low humidity is implicated. Most RIs occur in the fall and winter, when indoor temperatures become very dry, and air temps cool.

RIs should be treated with higher temps and humidity levels as well. High humidity helps a snake stay hydrated, and thins mucous secretions.

I think a fogger would work great for a ball python, if it's been hard to keep the humidity level at 60% or higher. Just be aware that foggers can condense water on the tube, and may drip. Put the water bowl beneath the tube, or keep a close eye on it to make sure that the bedding in the cage stays dry.
Wet bedding can cause skin irritation and infection.

So--humidity high, bedding dry.

I've got a fogger running on a Herpstat Humidity, and it works perfectly. The air stays humid, and the substrate stays nice and dry. Make sure that you use only distilled water in the fogger, or you will find the life of your fogger drastically decrease due to mineral deposits.

Humid hides work great if kept damp :)