Re: Substrate to REDUCE humidity?
you can't heat the room you keep the snakes in? i don't remember if you said before you couldn't. maybe some insulation around the sides (styrofoam, reflectix, heavy blanket), maybe a plexiglas door with some holes for air flow in it. also try keeping it higher off the ground, as heat rises maybe you can get a subtle 2˚ change. also i noticed my aspen tubs are always a little warmer then the newsprint ones, maybe get a substrate that holds in heat a little better.
just some suggestions...
Re: Substrate to REDUCE humidity?
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Originally Posted by Kagez28
you can't heat the room you keep the snakes in? i don't remember if you said before you couldn't. maybe some insulation around the sides (styrofoam, reflectix, heavy blanket), maybe a plexiglas door with some holes for air flow in it. also try keeping it higher off the ground, as heat rises maybe you can get a subtle 2˚ change. also i noticed my aspen tubs are always a little warmer then the newsprint ones, maybe get a substrate that holds in heat a little better.
just some suggestions...
Yeah, can't heat the room. I LIVE in the room (1br apt, so the whole place is basically 1 room) and don't want to sweat in my sleep.
I'm working on a couple of different ideas for keeping it warm. I hadn't thought about the substrate, but it makes sense. Solid objects transfer heat much more efficiently than air does, so aspen as substrate may make the difference. I've been considering switching anyways so I won't have to cut water bowl holes in the newspaper sheets every time I change it since the bowls I'm now using are going to have a mount permanently attached.
Re: Substrate to REDUCE humidity?
does it get colder in they winter where you live. cause thats when temperatures get low. it would cost a fortune to heat the apartment to even 80˚. so i would thinking about added some flex to the front of the rack. plug it in to a lamp dimmer and then that into the thermostat. this will lower the temp of the front flex by a constant degree. this will help alot in the winter when the ambient temps fall.
Re: Substrate to REDUCE humidity?
I have an idea. Have you tried using a de-humidifier in the room? I am having a smiilar situation. I use newspaper and small water dishes in my rack, and I still get condensation. I melted enough holes in the tubs and any more would compomise their heating.
I guess that your house might humid, as mine is? If the hmidity outside the tub is high to begin with, I think that it'd make it harder for humidity in the tubs to be released via ventilation?
It is great during shed time though!
