humidity

One more thing! Should i or should i not spray my snake while i mist the cage once a day or will that stressbit out and rake the natural oils off him?

You should get rid of the light that's going to dry your tank up very quickly. Balls live in dark small spaces and do not require the light to bask in.

I spray my snakes down when they are in shed just to be nice lol

So far we've made a tank work and can't see any reasons why it wouldn't continue to work?.. We have about 2/3 rds of the screen covered with plexi-glass. We heat with a UTH hooked to a Hydrofarm thermostat for belly heat and the Zoo-Med Day/Night for ambient temps.. Substrate is cypress mulch
We use a Acu-rite thermometer/ humidity gauge from Walmart.. Just don't make the same mistake I did and think the probe measures humidity..Haha, it doesn't the sensor for humidity is on the back of the unit.. You have to put the whole thing in the aquarium..
We mist the tank every so often.. More often just recently when we noticed our snakes eyes had clouded over and she was getting ready to shed.. It really isn't all that much work and by all means isn't impossible to keep your BP in a aquarium and keep it healthy. I know some people swear it is impossible and so much hard work ! Really though for one snake, it takes maybe 5 minutes a day. If you're anything like us, you want to see the snake and decorate it's environment, not hide it in a ugly tub.
Good Luck, Bill

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Originally Posted by Kyle Khaos

One more thing! Should i or should i not spray my snake while i mist the cage once a day or will that stressbit out and rake the natural oils off him?

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I asked this same question.. Seemed like our BP liked it, but some on here said it didn't ? Ours would flinch a little when the 1st mist hit it's skin but then would turn her head up towards the spray.. Sorta like it was in the shower..Hahaha .. Anyways, some people soak there BP in water if they are having a bad shed, so I doubt a little mist is going to hurt it. Might piss it off for a few seconds though..LOL

Don't try removing the heat lamps to save some humidity. The moss trick will work just fine with the lamps. I have a ceramic heat element and a heat lamp on both my bp and my brb. I do use a fogger on my brb and am able to keep the humidity at 70%.

As suggested above the Accu-rite from Wal-mart is a good option for you.

As for misting. If your snake is out mist it. If you are misting the moss in the hide and your snake is there, mist it. You won't hurt a thing. Also during shed you can lift the hide and give the roof one mist spay. This will really increase the humidity in the hide for a few days.

As far as tank or tub. Yes, a tank can be more work. Depending on how much you decorate it will determine how much you have to clean. My tanks would kill most of the people here it seems. I have four naturalistic tanks but I enjoy them and don't mind taking care of them.

40gal bp

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40gall tall brb

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Thanks for the help. Im gonna try the moss trick with my next paycheck and maybe lay some pliglass on top of partnof tye screen top. If i dont use a regular like what type of lights should i use? Ill go purchase a accurite also but i have a poor UTh that i cant change the temp with so i was wondering whats a good uTh that i can buy to raise of lower the temperature?

I don't think any of the UTH have a built in thermostat like you're describing.. You'll have to pick up a thermostat separately . I've read that the UTH can actually burn your snake if it's temp isn't controlled, so be careful there.. We use the Zoo Med Day/Blue Red/Night lights for our ambient temps.. You don't need light with BP's but we use it for our ambient temps.. The red night light is nice because it doesn't disturb the day/night cycle the snake needs

Then how can you control the temp of your UTH. The UTH i have now only goes to like 80 degrees or so and its not very hot. I moved the substrate and felt the glass bottom and its not very hot at all.

I don't know there, might be your UTH then.. The one I have is a Fluker for a 10-20 gallon tank.. I have my thermostat set at 90.. The Fluker UTH was reading up over 100 it seems like.. I also have a Pro Exotic 2 Heat Gun that I can use to spot check temps in the tank.. Those are nice to have too. That's what I checked ours with

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I'm not saying you're wrong about the temp of your UTH, but remember our bodies are 98.6 degrees.. I would think if it feels kinda warm it might be higher than 80..??? Just guessing though

Tubs just substitute one issue for others especially in single snake set ups that are in normal rooms with normal room temps. Tubs heat very easily but they loose heat just as easily they can be very hard to hold ambient and cool end temps. Typically they only hold a degree or two over ambient room temps. If your room is 80 that is perfect if not it can be a problem.

Bigger water bowl and substrate choice can make a huge difference. I found that using coco coir substrate. Under the coolside I would a bury a plant saucer filled with water dry coco on top. This would increase the rh a bunch. Every week or so I would dig though the thick cool end substrate and fill the bowl. The hot side substrate is quite thin.


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