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  • 06-24-2007, 06:38 PM
    boomer
    help me raise humidity fast plz
    my phytons eyes are blue and im trying to bring up the humidity. i add antoher bigger water bowl but its stuck at 56%. i need to get it up to 70 but i dont know how. its a 20L with duct tape/foiled top. and newspaper as substarte. any ideas i need fast dont want a bad shed.
  • 06-24-2007, 06:50 PM
    python.princess
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    mist the substrate. or, if you have a humidifier, put it near the tank.:)
  • 06-24-2007, 06:50 PM
    juddb
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    Im assuming its a glass tank, if so mist the sides of the tank but not the substrate.
  • 06-24-2007, 06:50 PM
    tweets_4611
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    I have to mist the cage probablly twice a day when my girl goes into shed. I have the same set up, and misting works pretty well.

    *Edit* Whoops, just read the rest of it and realized you were using newspaper. I can't help you there....I haven't ever used it before. Someone else will chime in here soon I'm guessing that actually reads the whole thing before they post :P Sorry about that.
  • 06-24-2007, 06:51 PM
    juddb
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    Make sure your water bowl has a large surface area.
  • 06-24-2007, 06:53 PM
    Aric
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    Take the foil off the top temporarily and lay a moist towel on the lid. Worked for me back when I used tanks.
  • 06-24-2007, 06:54 PM
    boomer
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    yeah its a good size bowl. plus i got 2 in there right now. still not going up at 56%. im stumped. maybe i should go buy some aspen and add it in there and mist it. only thing i can think of.
  • 06-24-2007, 06:57 PM
    python.princess
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    oooh... yeah, i didn't notice the newspaper thing either!:)
  • 06-24-2007, 06:58 PM
    MeMe
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    Make a humid hide.

    You can use a bowl and put sphagnum moss in it and mist it once a day or if you can't get the moss just get a bowl and put some damp paper towels in it on the warm end.
  • 06-24-2007, 07:06 PM
    boomer
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    so for the humid hide should i get some paper towl get them wet and ringem dry then just add them around the bowl inside?
  • 06-24-2007, 07:21 PM
    MeMe
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by boomer
    so for the humid hide should i get some paper towl get them wet and ringem dry then just add them around the bowl inside?


    I would start out with just a few...get them wet...ring them out pretty good but not too much (you don't want them to dry out too fast.) and place the bowl in the tank. Wait a lil while and see if it raises it enough. be sure to put it on the warm end.

    I put my humid hide on top of where my uth is.

    Then you can mist it if you need to and as often as you need to.

    You don't have a heat lamp on do you? If so that will dry your tank out fast.
  • 06-24-2007, 07:51 PM
    lord jackel
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    Before you jump through too many hoops has your snake had a bad shed at 56% before and this is the reason you MUST raise it? Also, with everything you have tried (and the fact that your tank is already covered) where in the tank are you measuring the humidty at (high on the cage, middle, at the substrate)...this makes a difference too? :)
  • 06-24-2007, 08:10 PM
    Kagez28
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    and just a quick question... what are you using to measure the humidity? is it digital, like an acurite?
  • 06-24-2007, 08:24 PM
    boomer
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    yeah its an acurite from walmart the temp gauge is under the hide and the unit is on the left side cool side i guess this is going to be his first shed. just want everything to go right.
  • 06-24-2007, 08:38 PM
    lord jackel
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by boomer
    yeah its an acurite from walmart the temp gauge is under the hide and the unit is on the left side cool side i guess this is going to be his first shed. just want everything to go right.

    This is good and correctly setup. Personally (this is what I would do) just let him go and see how his shed is at 56% humidity. If it is bad then a simple soak will remove the excess shed and you will know for next time you need to make changes to raise the humidity. If he sheds just fine then you are all set going forward. This sort of sets a bench mark for his needs.

    I have some that must have humid hides during shed and others that shed perfectly regardless what the humidity is (as it changes throughout the year due to outside weather)

    *Trick - if you feel you need a humid hide just stick a damp papertowel under his hides on top of the substrate till he sheds then remove them. Saves coming up with a special substrates and/or boxes.

    Keep us posted whatever you decide.
  • 06-24-2007, 08:57 PM
    boomer
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    thanks well ill just try it out at 56% and if its bad i might try aspen bedding next time but well see what happens. thanks again all
  • 06-25-2007, 10:01 PM
    bearhart
    Re: help me raise humidity fast plz
    Mine likes to soak which makes for some really awesome and fast sheds.

    http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...706#post584706
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