Question to all the tub users.

For everyone here who utilizes tubs, I have one question. How many air holes do you guys put into each tub?

I recently had one of my snakes have a really bad shed and I wonder if I have too many holes and it may have lowered the humidity too quickly.

So what do you guys do? I use lids on my tubs and I have holes in those as well. So I'm not sure what the correct amount would be.

The number of holes you need to put in depend totally on the humidity in your environment. More holes means more ventilation and lower humidity, unless you live in a very humid environment.

I personally have 6 holes in each of my tubs, three on each end. I don't use lids though since mine are all in racks.

I have over 100 holes in mine. But as already mentioned, it depends on a few things. Tub size, your location(ambient temps/humidity), species of snake...etc. and also the size of your holes. my holes are an 1/8 inch. you could do less with bigger holes.

It's mostly trial and error when doing it for the first time. Start off with a few holes, see how the humidity fluctuates for a few days and add more if need be.

I have, don't know exactly... like 18 or 20 1/8" holes in the lid only. Humidity stays at 50-60%. I live in the desert so very low humidity environment, and I use a wood shavings bedding.

I have larger holes for my corn snakes because they have larger water bowls and need more ventilation otherwise condensation builds up in their tubs.

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the gap between my rack shelf and the tub is enough air for my tubs. My house is normally low humidity though.

I dont put any but i have a gap of 1/16 or 1/8 inch above the tub in rack. Ive never used tuba outside of racks so not real sure. What has your humidity been at?

As mentioned, there is not a hard fast rule for how many holes. Depends on where you live and humidity. I have holes down both long sides of my tubs. Start with fewer, you can always make more...

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Originally Posted by ohhwataloser

the gap between my rack shelf and the tub is enough air for my tubs. My house is normally low humidity though.

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I have about 20 wholes on the side with the heat tape. I use covers too. Holds humidity perfectly. Depends on your snake rooms humidity,temps.

All my snakes shed in one piece. Like others have said. Trail & error.

Start with a few wholes & monitor/record humidity levels then go from there.


Kevin 🐍

I mainly use 32 quart tubs. My humidity within the first few days of a bedding change are about 70%. After a week or so it drops to 50-60% and then stays there.

In all my tubs, I have 3-6 rows of holes (1/8" or so, the size of the soldering iron) in the front depending on the tub size, and a single row of holes down the long sides of the tubs. All the holes are about an inch apart.

The tubs average high 60's, low 70's in humidity so I like as much ventilation as possible. My house alone averages 40-45%.

Something to try, put your substrate of choice in, arrange everying how it will be once the snake is in and then check the humidity. If it's too high, add a hole or two. Wait two hours, check again, if it's still too high add another hole. Repeat until it's where you need it, and then you know what you need for that size tub.

One of my racks has a bunch of holes and the other has none. I use the same substrate, they're in the same room, and end up with very similar humidity readings. It depends on the rack, the tubs, the substrate, the location in the home, where the home is in the country... a lot of things go into influencing the readings. ONly way to figure out how many holes you're going to need is to get a reading and start making holes.

Enough :P

You have to play with it a little. I start out with less holes and add more if I see a lot of moisture build up on the sides of the tub. If you put too many you can cover them up with tape, plastic, etc.

I have 8 holes in all my tubs, 4 on each end. If its too much, which most of the times its not, I just do what SlitherinSisters said...just cover holes with tape.