Ways to lower humidity without drilling holes?

I'm using eco earth coco fiber substrate, which I understand is supposed to be very good at holding humidity... so I've had it air dry out completely before putting it into the enclosure. And the humidity is still 90%. And it just stays around 90% or even over 90.

My house seems to just be humid, as the humidity is even 60~65% even out in the open. Cake is in a new exo-terra glass tank with a screen top, and the humidity is perfect in there, no wet paper towels or extra work needed. LOL

Is there a way to lower humidity in my PVC enclosure without drilling a million holes?

Add additional heat lamps. They seem to "help" drain humidity in the wintertime for me. Another option is switching to a less humidity friendly substrate such as aspen.

More air flow.
Have you tried a fan in the room?

Replace the substrate with paper and don't worry about misting. Your ambient humidity in the house is high enough to keep your BP happy.

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More air flow.
Have you tried a fan in the room?

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This, or you can wire up a small computer fan directly to the cage to move air inside it. You could also mix substrates so its not pure coco fiber.

Thanks, I just bought one of those tiny computer fans to mount onto one of the vents... Hopefully that helps!

Also switched out 95% of the coco fiber to just aspen, and the humidity is now 85%. I'm sad I bought the eco earth... Probably will never be used then.

Yeah, I've never misted any of my snakes ever for this reason.

Smaller water dish, on cool side of enclosure.

You can place a dehumidifier in the room. We use them when on vacation in South padre island and they work wonders for keeping humidity down in the room.

Also, how big is your water dish in the cage? Having a large water dish on the warm side is how I raise humidity here in Az. You could try the opposite.

My water dish for her is quite small and on the cool side, maybe only 4 inch diameter. I realized pvccages just keeps humidity VERY well in general.

I considered a dehumidifier, but the humidity for my other snakes in the room is just right. So I don't want to make it too dry for everybody. Just need to lower the humidity for the one cage.

It's now just hovering at 80~85%, just after switching to aspen, which isn't as bad as before. The little fan will arrive tomorrow!

Regarding the computer fan, I have often thought of doing this for improved ventilation, but I feel like it's important to mount it beside the tank rather than actually on it as the vibration from the motor might agitate the snake – but that is just a theory since I've never actually tri d it. Just curious about what you think and how you plan to mount it. Also, how do you plan to wire it? I'm very interested to see how this works for you.

Since the computer fans are usb cords, I figured I can plug it into the usb-to-outlet thingies and it would work. And if it doesn't... Well, I'm screwed and will find another way. =P

That's true about the vibration, so I might just mount it to the wall behind the enclosure then. I was honestly just going to scotch tape it down to either the back of the cage or the wall, since nobody is going to see it. Nothing fancy, as I'm not handy at all.

What's the ambient temperature in the enclosure?


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What's the ambient temperature in the enclosure?


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79~82 ambient gradient around, for my GTP.

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Since the computer fans are usb cords, I figured I can plug it into the usb-to-outlet thingies and it would work.

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The fan probably needs around close to 5 volts? Most USB wall chargers are not close to that.

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The fan probably needs around close to 5 volts? Most USB wall chargers are not close to that.

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Aw fiddlesticks, it is 5 volts. Any idea how to connect it to a wall outlet in some way? It's at least 6 feet away from the nearest computer.

You need to fin a "power supply" that puts out 5 volts. Check with your local computer store.
Also need to know how many amps the fan pulls.

I'm not sure if there are any toxicity concerns, but wondering if a desiccant like silica gel would help. Here's an example:

https://www.google.com/search?q=desi...A3kQgTYI0gMwAA


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Update on the mini fans- taped the fan to the back of the enclosure and just plugged the usb it into a usb to outlet (like the iphone charger) and it works! I don't know if this is damaging to the fan or something though, but it seems alright. I also put it on a timer outlet, so that the fan blows for 30 minutes every few hours instead of all day.

I doubt it will damage the fan, it should be fine.

Phew, good!

The fans helped a lot. The humidity is hanging around 70%~75% when the fans are on now. All is well. :P