peculiar feeding situation

i got some insulating foam tape and i put a strip along the top so it seals and cover 3/4s the top with the foam and i just mist the substrate on occasion.also move the water bowl on top of the under tank heater will help too.cypress mulch or coconut bark substrate helps to

Hi,

Have you tried covering most of the screen top with foil taped down with a space where the light is? **tape on the outside of the lid only**.

you can also try adding a second water bowl to increase the surface area of water in the tank - if you put it at the hot end it will evaporate faster but you will need to make sure to clean it to prevent bacterial build up.


Do you use a thermostat for your heating? It would stop the fluctuations in the temps you describe.


dr del

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Originally Posted by tazron

I have had a hard time keeping up the humidity. Very dry here.

Any suggestions. I am using aspen bedding in a glass enclosure with a screen top and a heat lamp.

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A wet towel over the screen top works great. Cover it all except by the light. Just keep wetting the towel everyday or when dry.

how do you keep humidity up?

Hi,

We obviously didn't explain very well - the three posts before your last one were discussing methods of keeping the humidity up. :)


dr del

try keeping something on top of your screen top like a book, leaving just enough room for some air to circulate in and out. this might keep some more humidity in. also, a larger water dish along with the covering should definitely bump it up a bit.

if that doesn't work, try getting a tupperware large enough for him to curl up in comfortably and put enough water in it to where it would submerse up to your snake's middle. cut a hole in the lid just large enough for him to fit through. this will create high humidity just within the tupperware that he can enter and soak in while he's feeling dry.

as for the yawning, my snakes do that every now and then. my girl renji will sometimes do it a couple times a day, which started to worry me; i took her to the vet who said she had no signs of an RI and she's always been healthy otherwise. i guess she's just sleepy! ;)

i've heard scenting your prey with something like chicken broth can also entice a snake to eat. I would wait a few days before trying to feed him again though. If you wait, you might not even need to try scenting. He'll probably be hungry by then. but, in case he's not, that's some food for thought for ya. :)

Best of luck!

Oh, and if anyone sees something wrong with anything i just said, please correct me. Don't wanna give out wrong info! :)

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Originally Posted by tazron

I have had a hard time keeping up the humidity. Very dry here.

Any suggestions. I am using aspen bedding in a glass enclosure with a screen top and a heat lamp.

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Is your tank's screen left open? Also, heat lamps drain the humidity out of the tank's air.

I have five tanks w/screens and the humidity is 55-60%, but I do this by covering the lid with "press and seal" or aluminum foil on all but about .50 cent piece-sized holes on opposite corners. I've got the covering taped down, and a cut-out around the heat lamp, so the lamp doesn't melt or cause other fire hazard problems. One of my tanks is covered w/plexiglass w/a few holes drilled in.

Using the bed-a-beast coconut husk bedding, either alone, or mixed w/the aspen (I used mixed for a while) can help boost your humidity too.

You could also put some sphagnum moss in each of the hides, thereby making "humid hides" for the snake to be inside of. Make sure you do this for both hides though!