Having trouble can someone help PLEASE

i am having alot of trouble keeping the humidity up in my habatat the best i can keep it is about 30% but after i mist it it will go up to about 75 or 80% and stay there for anywhere from 20 to 30 min before i half to mist it again and i have sealed the habatat (all but an air hole about 2in by 3in) is there anything else i can do my timp stays good at 85 but its id just that dang humidity thaks all

gonna need to know all the details such as size, what its made out of, what kind of heating and lighting ur useing temps and any other ifo u can provide..pics would help too

justin

I had that same problem, I bought a humidifier for the room, helped out a lot.

You need something in the enclosure that can hold water. A damp towel, sphagnum moss, even a large piece of pumice.

I keep a damp towel on the top on the screened lid, and it keeps the humidity at 50-55%.

It's around 35% without it. Alternately, you can spend $30-50 on a humidifier just for the enclosure, but those can over-humidify pretty easily if you're not careful, which can lead to respiratory infections.

50% is a good target for normal operation.

Yeah I assume u r using a glass tank with screen lid, so cover the lid with either 80% aluminum foil folded over three times, or somepeople use plastic wrap, I use the aluminum foil works great, make sure to tape it down. And that there is enough room on both sides o the lid for air to move

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Originally Posted by dryates

Yeah I assume u r using a glass tank with screen lid, so cover the lid with either 80% aluminum foil folded over three times, or somepeople use plastic wrap, I use the aluminum foil works great, make sure to tape it down. And that there is enough room on both sides o the lid for air to move

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see i have done that but i dont know if i might be looseing it threw the hole that i cut for the light ill post some pics so everyone can take a look

Well if you check your snake regularly when it goes blue you can take a damp towel and put it over the top of the tank. You can also take a damp wash cloth and put it over the warm hide. This will keep up the humidity as well as give them somehting to rub on when in shed.

what substrate do you have, I have bark in my viv and i spray the bark with water to keep it damp. i find this helps create humidity as it dries out the bark. keep it damp in one area; so your snake can have a dry spot; and you should be fine! i hope this helps? ;)

A light dries the air out quickly. Switch to a UTH and keep the top mostly covered and you should have less trouble.

Cyprus mulch I hear is awesome at helping maintain humidty especially when you tend to it weekly/bi-weekly by adding some water to it. Not alot but enough that its a little damp.

Great video I found showing as such

http://www.vidoevo.com/yvideo.php?i=...-cypress-mulch

hi guys :) i am new to ball pythons and wanted to know how to keep the humidity up w/o a humidifier. So if I put a wet/moist towel over my screen lid would that keep the humidity at a good level? oh and I also a heat lamp sitting on the lid next to the towel, if that changes anything.
Thanks in advance
-Tim