Tempz affecting my balls poo

so how are you addressing the humidity issue?

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Originally Posted by JLC

I'm afraid I have to disagree with a couple of points here. A UTH is frequently not enough to heat a whole enclosure. Especially a large glass one. Supplemental heat from overhead is usually required. In a shallow plastic tub surrounded on three sides by the walls of the rack, a UTH is usually sufficient. But in a 55 gal glass tank, no way that will work unless the OP keeps his house at 80 degrees all the time.

The second point is the insistence I see more and more often from folks that BP's have to have belly heat. They don't. So long as the heat source warms the substrate and keeps the overall ambient temps in the proper ranges, they don't care where the heat comes from.

It IS true that overhead lamps suck humidity from the air...and that is an issue that almost all glass-tank keepers must deal with and overcome. But in any typical house, SOME supplemental heat will be needed in a glass tank, even if you had UTH's on both sides.

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I have a uth but it isnt enough for all of the enclosure.as for humidity i have a spray bottle that i use it worked well before except now with bigger enclosure it hasnt been enough.

Humidity has always been an issue for me. its hard to keep it at a constant level.any tips to keep humidity up would be great and just to be sure temps should be one hot spot of 90 and a cooler side of 80

sorry for the triple post but i dont know how to edit. but my question is that i am using an infared bulb only is that okay for the snake

Yes, the bulb is fine. I prefer the red ones because you can (and should) leave them on 24/7 and it won't bother the snake.

As for humidity...it can be quite a challenge in such a large, glass tank. Covering most of the screen top with something to hold moisture in will help. People have used everything from aluminum foil to plastic wrap to specially cut sheets of plastic. A big, wide waterbowl will help because more surface area allows more water to evaporate into the air. Some people will wet a towel and lay that over the screen...and I've used wet wads of paper towels inside the enclosure when struggling with particularly dry conditions. Just be sure to change daily with stuff like that.

thanks for the info. as for the humidity I am going to try the wet towel method see how that works for a while. the water bowl i am using is about 6 to 7 in in diameter its actually a small dog bowl from the petstore. also my snake pooped today but it looked almost gray never seen it like that before i wonder why the change in color