humidity help

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Originally Posted by bmxican1317

i need some ideas to help raise my humidity i cant seen to get it above 35% and that's right after i mist and with a water dish i have a 20l tank with a screen top that is covered about 75% with foil, i use aspen as a substrate im currently running a 75W day time heat lamp i get my temps where they should be hot cool and ambient i do not have a uth at the moment bacuase i havent purchased a thermostat to run it. everytime i come home from work the water dish is empty from the lamp evaporating all the water. if i switch from a bulb to a ceramic heat emitter would this help?

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I had the same exact issues you had when I first got my baby ball, same setup, etc. The best and biggest change I made was to get rid of the Aspen, I switched to coconut husk substrate. Once I started using that my humidity is always 55-65%. Aspen doesn't hold moisture well even with a cover screen and larger water dish. Just my 2 cents :)

Humid hide. problem solved. If you cut a hole avoid closed holes ones that are cut in the middle of things and stick with U shaped ones on edges snakes cannot get stuck in U shaped ones ever....

Never sacrifice heat for humidity. your temps 79 cool and 82 warm are already low if that is the correct readings typically 78-82 low and 88-94 high are believed to be a safe gradient. Worry about the temps fiddle with humidity after you get your temps correct.

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

Humid hide. problem solved. If you cut a hole avoid closed holes ones that are cut in the middle of things and stick with U shaped ones on edges snakes cannot get stuck in U shaped ones ever....

Never sacrifice heat for humidity. your temps 79 cool and 82 warm are already low if that is the correct readings typically 78-82 low and 88-94 high are believed to be a safe gradient. Worry about the temps fiddle with humidity after you get your temps correct.

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my temps are correct its 79 under the cool hide and 82 ambient i have another digital thermometer on the hot side and its between 87-90

Make sure that the hygrometer sensor is ok (i have never seen humidity that low). I'd do the salt test.
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79 is still a low for the cold side you want low to mid 80s. Once you get a tsat and UTH you can ditch the lamp. Hydrofarm tstats are cheap and work good, that's what I'm running right now. I would get one ASAP along with a UTH.

personally I'd say 79 is fine especially for a small snake they don't need as much heat. I only saw the one set of temps. That would be a yellow (zoo med?) thermometer with a white cord. Sorry I missed that.

Correct temps is the first step. I am not a huge fan of CHEs or heat lights but you have them tuned now. My preference is UTHs I feel they are easier to get right. That is a preference. Every set up and every location is different, there is no right or wrong really just set ups that are working and ones that are not working. Yours is half working.

I would try to get the humidity up some, at least in the 40% area and add a humid hide. As suggested coco coir holds tons of humidity it is cheap and looks nice and can be digested by snakes. It is my fav substrate for these reasons.

That should bring it up a fair bit you may find that it will solve thing alone but I'd guess that it would not completely but a humid hide in conjunction should be 'liveable' for you with out the need for constant mistings. I have an open top tank like yours with UTHs and I mist it once or twice a month lots of coco coir on the cool end and about 1/4 of the lid covered, with a large water bowl.

Check the accurite (salt test) I have in the past found them to be quite poor for accuracy in both temps and humidity. I am not a fan of them at all. Especially as in my area they are 22 + bucks and for that I can get 2 or 3 calibrate able hygrometers and the same thermometers.

If you're up for the task you can give this setup a shot
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...arium-Solution

I will be attempting it this weekend but from what I've read from people who have done this, it's not too hard and helps a ton with heat/humidity.

The 'lucy lid' works super well but it will not work with CHEs that the op is using that is why I didn't post that. I need to post a variation I have been working on... cheaper easier hinges.

im gonna ditch the aspen and get some coco husk. i was going to get it in the first place but i figured i wouldn't have to fight with keeping the humidity up so much with the aspen so well see how that goes ill keep you guys posted with my findings

alright i replaced the aspen with coco fiber and added a tupperware container for a water dish added a small fake plant and misted and humidity is up to 59% as of now