need help on humidity

My snake is in shed an i cant get the humidity past lik 35 40 someone please help... im new to this stuff

What is your set up like? Easiest thing to do right now is mist the enclosure.

Get some moss and soak it. Put it in his favorite hide it will help you have a nice she'd

I am assuming it is a glass container with a mesh top?


If so switch to a big tote container. They are honestly the best kind of enclosure for a bp.

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Originally Posted by BallP

I am assuming it is a glass container with a mesh top?


If so switch to a big tote container. They are honestly the best kind of enclosure for a bp.

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Ha! Best to and for you maybe.

I have two glass tanks and they work just fine.

My humidity stays in the 30s too. All I do is add moss to both hides. During a shed I soak it and place it in them. I then mist them to keep it damp throughout the shed. Once the shed is complete I will allow the moss to dry out before making it damp again.

Of course if it is a screen lid you should cover a good portion of it with foil tape, foil, etc. I made a cardboard cutout and wrapped it in foil. This keeps heat and humidity in much better.

Using those two things I have perfect sheds with little effort on my part.

Yeah I have glass tanks as well and get perfect sheds. Little bit of Moss, Cypress mulch, cover the screen, and mist twice a day (during shed)

Hes in a glass tank with screen top i got as much as possible covered with plastic wrap... i spray tank atleast 3 times daily hes got the green carpet type stuff on the bottom... he doesnt go in his hid he will stay on top of it

Does your uth have a tstat?

That carpet is not a very good substrate for low humidity tanks. Cypress mulch works really well.

Is the hide too small or too big for him? I would switch that carpet to either Cypress mulch or another moisture holding substrate. Plastic wrap won't hold in humidity as well as a damp towel (I rarely even wet my towels anymore) or tin foil. Get some sphagnum Moss or terrarium Moss and you can put it in the tank. I have about two handfuls placed in various spots in my tank. I don't even bother putting Moss in the hides any more.

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Is the hide too small or too big for him? I would switch that carpet to either Cypress mulch or another moisture holding substrate. Plastic wrap won't hold in humidity as well as a damp towel (I rarely even wet my towels anymore) or tin foil. Get some sphagnum Moss or terrarium Moss and you can put it in the tank. I have about two handfuls placed in various spots in my tank. I don't even bother putting Moss in the hides any more.

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Damp towels on top will cause the screen to rust.

And before I forget, if you are using a heat lamp also, you can put the water dish right below the lamp to create more humidity. Also, if you are using a lamp, put it on a dimmer switch. A lamp on full blast will watch your humidity down in know time.

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Damp towels on top will cause the screen to rust.

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Yeah there is that but like I said I rarely get them wet anymore. They trap heat and humidity pretty well when they are dry too so if I might not be home for a long time on a certain day then I will damp the towels

I was using damp towel til today i was told by a breeder to do plastic wrap.... he is now shedding at bout 30% humidity an having no problem has he is doin it with me an my son watching him... ill have to check in the mulch stuff... his hid is lik perfect size he just doesnt like it i guess lol.... an for heat im using a heat emmiter

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Originally Posted by kmutch8o

I was using damp towel til today i was told by a breeder to do plastic wrap.... he is now shedding at bout 30% humidity an having no problem has he is doin it with me an my son watching him... ill have to check in the mulch stuff... his hid is lik perfect size he just doesnt like it i guess lol.... an for heat im using a heat emmiter

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He may be laying on top of it because the che is creating a hot spot on top of it instead of inside it.

The carpet stuff holds no humidity as it is plastic. This means you are solely using the water bowl to hold humidity. A humid hide can help, a larger water bowl also will help, using a different substrate will also help (coc coir is my personal preference, but cyprus, aspen, would be better than the carpet) Changing the air flow will help as well having a gap at the warm end and cool end with the middle blocked will produce circulation and if the water bowl is under the cool end the in comming air will pick up water.

What is the air temp in the tank (the probe not touching the walls or bottom) The stupid part of %RH is that you need to know what the % is of, with out this the % is meaningless. That said unless you air is quite hot it is likely your humidity is low. 40% is perfect if the air is 94ºF but that is far far too hot for an ambient air temp.

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Originally Posted by kmutch8o

Hes in a glass tank with screen top i got as much as possible covered with plastic wrap... i spray tank atleast 3 times daily hes got the green carpet type stuff on the bottom... he doesnt go in his hid he will stay on top of it

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Try to not use plastic wrap, use foil instead, cover that with a dry towel and a small blanket if you have one. Put moist paper towels in there.

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Originally Posted by kmutch8o

I was using damp towel til today i was told by a breeder to do plastic wrap.... he is now shedding at bout 30% humidity an having no problem has he is doin it with me an my son watching him... ill have to check in the mulch stuff... his hid is lik perfect size he just doesnt like it i guess lol.... an for heat im using a heat emmiter

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Your humidity needs to be higher than 30% on a daily basis, not to mention when he's in shed.