humidity and heat issue

So I was dumb and got a zilla brand snake 20 long starter kit that has bulbs for heating. My humidity sucks even with the big soak bowl and misting.


I am wondering if I should get a fogger or if I should switch to the under heating element and buy super expensive temp/humidity gauge that you put in the substrate. Any options/suggestions and brands and models would be very helpful.

I just got this one from amazon. It seems to work well and was pretty inexpensive on $26

http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MTPR...0833104&sr=8-2

add a couple of fake plants because they help hold some water in...Also restrict but not stop the flow of air above the water source. I place a towel to cover 3/4 of the top (which I mist with water) that acts like a cloud slowly releasing moisture. Finally put your water source near your under tank heater. (which you should get)

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Originally Posted by ramstralia5

add a couple of fake plants because they help hold some water in...Also restrict but not stop the flow of air above the water source. I place a towel to cover 3/4 of the top (which I mist with water) that acts like a cloud slowly releasing moisture. Finally put your water source near your under tank heater. (which you should get)

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So should I still used my 'night' light with the under tank heater with this method?

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Originally Posted by cehmz

So should I still used my 'night' light with the under tank heater with this method?

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lights on at night can stress out your snake...they are nocturnal and don't enjoy light very much

I dont and my humidity is at 55%. When it comes to the time to shed I add an extra water bowl for even more moisture...Ill try to get a picture up to show you

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hmmm image doesn't seem to work for me. thanks for trying though.

Foggers are nice I use one on my ball and one on my boa. Problem solved along with 2 zoomed hygrotherms.

I say ditch the lights all together, if your house is unnaturally cold you can get a CHE bulb instead of the light bulb and use that on a lamp dimmer ($10 from Home Depot). Get a UTH and that hydrofarm thermostat. And get this
http://www.amazon.com/Chaney-Instrum...0843485&sr=8-1
and/or this
http://tempgun.com/

Is it difficult to set up the under tank heating device? I'm not very handy.

Nope you stick them under the tank and plug them into a thermostat. You do need one of those no matter what heat your using. Persobally i use Belly heat intead of top heat. And when I used the uths I kept them unstuck to the tank so I could reuse them without breakig them. So just get one and place it under the tank and hook it up to the tstat.


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Originally Posted by cehmz

So I was dumb and got a zilla brand snake 20 long starter kit that has bulbs for heating. My humidity sucks even with the big soak bowl and misting.


I am wondering if I should get a fogger or if I should switch to the under heating element and buy super expensive temp/humidity gauge that you put in the substrate. Any options/suggestions and brands and models would be very helpful.

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So I just purchased 30-40 gal size rept therm UTH and zilla 1000 watt temp control. Still need better temperature monitoring, may hit up walmart later like someone suggested.