Correct Humidity for BP's

What is the correct humidity for BP's. I have read many different things?
My hygrometer reads 30%
It came with the set up, perhaps I should invest in a nicer one?

yeah, invest in a nicer one. and get the humidity up, cuz even a cheap hygro shouldn't read 30%... my bp's do perfectly fine with a bouncing humidity of 60-70%.

Normally I keep it between 45% and 55% during a shed though I knock it up to 70% 75%. I also use the digital temp/humidty device you can get them at Wal-Mart for about 15 bucks. Definetly worth the investment.

Thanks. What can I do to bring the humidity up? I live in Arizona where it is very dry? Shall I mist the substrate? I am using Fir bark.

you can use a larger water dish, cover the top of the enclosure with some sort of plastic or duct-tape... buy a water pump to circulate the water... read around bro, there are hundreds of things posted around this site about humidity.

In addition to using a large water dish, try using one that conducts heat well, like ceramic, glass, terra cotta, instead of plastic. Particularly since you live in such a dry area, it will be very important for you to monitor your humidity closely and accurately.

For humidity instead of misting I bought a little mist device.
It sits in Bob's water dish (glass) and when the humidty needs to go up I plug it in it fogs up the tank and the humidity is good for a while. Another way if you are using a screen top is to cover most of it with duct tape make sure to cover the inside and outside of the top with it.

I use both methods and really have no issues keeping the humidity good.

Here's a pretty good link covering housing set-up
http://www.ball-pythons.net/index.ph...er=asc&start=0

Humidity is best between 50-60% normally, and boosted to 60-70% during shed (after blue eyes etc.) Humidity was my biggest battle with my set-up (picture on above link) hence the contact paper.

Hope this helps - glad you're here!! :)

My pecision keeps about a 75% humidity. And my wooden ones stay around 60%.

Sheds are pretty good too.

I use a TropicAire humidifer to keep my humidity at a steady 65% in a glass tank with duct tape across the top and I have a light on the cool side and still keep it at 65% . Thing works great especially in low humidity situations.
I keep 65% and bump to 70-75% in shed and so far ( fingers crossed ) no shed problems.

Hows the mold on the underside of the tape ?
With % levels like that we had a problem with it.
For those in dry areas,ya`ll need to look into one of those Repti-Flo 250 pumps. ($12 PetsMart)They work wonders in glass set ups over 20 gal.

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Originally Posted by jotay

I use a TropicAire humidifer to keep my humidity at a steady 65% in a glass tank with duct tape across the top and I have a light on the cool side and still keep it at 65% . Thing works great especially in low humidity situations.
I keep 65% and bump to 70-75% in shed and so far ( fingers crossed ) no shed problems.

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Dang you guys said everything i wanted to say.

Ditto on all of the above. :D

No mold at all on the back side of the tape. Never any kind of condensation any where in the tank.
You could tape inside and outside that should cure the mold issue.

Jotay, and KrazeKelly, I'm getting confused by the same avatars! :wink:

Thanks for all the excellent advice. I will do the double sided duct tape on the screen top.

Excellent! :D

You'll still want to boost it a bit for sheds, but you can do that pretty easily by spraying a couple of times a day or adding a clean moistened sponge to the warm hide or similar tricks, but that's just for a few days a month at first, right after his eyes go blue, and will space farther apart as he gets older.

Congrats! Humidity was my biggest hurdle! :)