Low Humidity

My 3 Month old normal BP has been sitting in 40% humidity for 3 days now and sometimes the humidity even drops to 36% will he be ok for another 3 days? because I cant keep up the humidity in this glass tank so the breeder I bought my snake off of is bringing over a tub enclosure and helping me set up a new healthy enviroment for him but he wont be here till the weekend.

Thanks.

cover about 3/4 of the screen top with a damp towel. that worked wonders for me when mine was still in a glass tank

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Originally Posted by Zedd

cover about 3/4 of the screen top with a damp towel. that worked wonders for me when mine was still in a glass tank

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I did that and it only keeps it at a minimum 39-40% and a max of 47%

You can also mist the tank a little bit. You will be fine as long as the substrate isn't soaking wet.

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Originally Posted by python1024

You can also mist the tank a little bit. You will be fine as long as the substrate isn't soaking wet.

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alright but is he gonna be ok at 40% humidity for the rest of the week?

You must have a faulty hygrometer. I use the towel method and always get between 75-80% humidity. You have to remember to re-wet it every day.

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Originally Posted by kane_abel

You must have a faulty hygrometer. I use the towel method and always get between 75-80% humidity. You have to remember to re-wet it every day.

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I have a tempminder that records the inside of his hide and the outside tank the highest it has got with the damp towel trick is 50 but it stayed there for like 5 mins than lowered to 47 for the rest of the time.

my hygrometer is not faulty my house is just very cold and dry so its hard to keep the humidity up.

what type of substate are you using i cover about half of the top of mine and it reamins around 60-65 and how big of water bowl do you got.

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Originally Posted by Dundee

what type of substate are you using i cover about half of the top of mine and it reamins around 60-65 and how big of water bowl do you got.

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I'm only using newspaper right now but once I get him in a tub I will be using either cypress mulch or coco husks.

My water bowl is about 6 inches long, 5 inches wide, and half an inch deep.

The snake will be fine, I notice that BPs are better than other snakes at drinking more water when they need it. Just make sure it's clean. You could also stick a damp (not drenched) glob of paper towel or a rag in there.

My house is extremely dry in winter at 40% max and i never mist the snakes unless in shed.

Granted i use racks and humidity is probably closer to 50s, dont sweat it so much. Just be sure you mist the tank good during sheds.

I have done everything to help with humidity. I mist my tank, put water over the heating pad, tried sphagnum moss, covered the top of the tank. I'm lucky if I can keep humidity at 30-40%

I have found a great solution. Edgar eats every 4 days , 2 days later I soak him in a plastic tub. I put luke warm water 1/3 way up his body, put the lid on top and I let him soak for about 20 minutes. He sheds perfectly every time. I get a full shed and he poops well.
Give this a try

its hard to get a humidity reading inside a hide unless you have a lose substrate same with temp.. it took me a wile to figure out why it was saying i had like a 20% and then i finally realized my snake was laying on top of the probe like 21 hours a day! lol but i just switched to coco husk yesterday and so far its been nothing keeping it above like 55 i think ive misted twice in 48 hours.. once was unnecessary but his shed is stuck like glue on his first like 5 or 6 inches :(

To get the shed off you can assist on getting the bigger parts off manually pulling slowly with the scales.

With whats left toss him in a wet pillow case and tie it off. Stick it back in the cage on the warm side for 45 mins and this should get rest off.