where to get moss for humidity chamber

I hear they don't hold the humidity as well. The herp room is real dry during the winter.. I think I'd have to rewet them daily.

April you could also use an ultrasonic humidifyer in a seperate containersetup and pipe the humid air into the needed cages. I know this is drastic, but its an Idea. Or you can get a GH fogger and pipe the humid fog into the needed cages for the short periods of time the humidity needs to be raised.

Just an interesting offside on this moss thread but the First Nations people of Canada have for eons of time used this moss as a wound treatment, as a natural diaper for their infants and for women's sanitary needs. There are some communities that to this day gather the moss, clean it, dry it and package it for sale to natural foods type stores for these same purposes. Quite a nice little cottage type industry in some of the northern communities.


~~Jo~~

I'll be ordering a big bale this week - they usually last me a good while - especially if things int he house aren't so arid I can just fill a large catbox sized bin with the moist stuff.

Wow, that really sounds like great stuff, rare infection dealie aside... I use a touch of Fluker's moss in little prince Falkor's hides and he really likes it, moves it around, redecorates, builds forts, snuggles under it, rests his chin on it... And reading this it just occurred to me that it's something he likes *and* would show up beautifully against. Is moss a viable substrate? I mean, not just for humidity chambers but for the main bottom of the tank substrate? If you only wet spots when needed, to avoid belly rot... Is there a reason noone talks about using it as a substrate? Would it be a total pain to spot clean?