Humidity: Repti Fogger OR Waterfall? Any Good?

Hey guys. I was wondering if anybody as used the Zoo Med Repti Fogger before? I'm having issues with the humidity in my tank :confused: Do you think the fogger or a waterfall would help it out more? Which one would work better? Any opinions appreciated :)

http://reptiledepot.com/drippers.html

Any suggestions? Pleeeaaasssee :taz:

the repti-fogger is meant more so for amphibians and snakes like Emerald Tree Boas that need 80% humidity

for use with a ball python your going to have to turn that thing on and off all the time. which will only accomplish the same thing as misting. since you'll be putting in the same amount of effort.

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Originally Posted by JeffJ

the repti-fogger is meant more so for amphibians and snakes like Emerald Tree Boas that need 80% humidity

for use with a ball python your going to have to turn that thing on and off all the time. which will only accomplish the same thing as misting. since you'll be putting in the same amount of effort.

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What a waterfall help by any means? Cool your from London. My mom is Canadian and I was born there. My family is from Durham and Collingwood Ontario. We use to have a house at Wasaga Beach. Well I'll stop rambling :P

Waterfalls are pretty useless for bps and would take up space.. foggers are always useless unless over 100 dollars, even then, some of those don't work for humidity at all.

Just spray mist your cage with hot water (it should turn warm in the air, you can test it by spraying it on your hand first) every other day or so and it should be fine.
You may have to do it everyday.

that zoo med repti-fogger works great ive seen it in action on a ETB. Youtube it.

but it will be too humid for a BP> you'll just be turning it on and off all day long which takes more effort then misting.


Waterfalls are nice to the eye and can be used. the do help humidity a bit but if your using a heat lamp or CHE its just going to be lost.

I have a waterfall and it's really hard to clean, and pretty pointy. They also have pieces to them that can be dangerous if the bp gets stuck in the waterfally. There is a do-it-yourself (DIY) section around here that shows how to make you're own humidifier. Or just buy a humidifier and keep the whole room at 50%. Also, I use a cup with paper towel strips hanging out of it, and fill it with about 1/4 cup of water. That works. Or, if you have a screen top cover it with a wet towel. Did I miss anything?

Screen top with wet towel works great. i do this for my boa.

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Originally Posted by JeffJ

that zoo med repti-fogger works great ive seen it in action on a ETB. Youtube it.

but it will be too humid for a BP> you'll just be turning it on and off all day long which takes more effort then misting.


Waterfalls are nice to the eye and can be used. the do help humidity a bit but if your using a heat lamp or CHE its just going to be lost.

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You saw a video of a fogger. It did not read the humidity for you.

I've bought that fogger and multiple others, they are cheaply made and crappy design, not to mention, I got much better results spending 3$ on a spray bottle and spraying it everyday.

Not worth the extra money.

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Originally Posted by JeffJ

that zoo med repti-fogger works great ive seen it in action on a ETB. Youtube it.

but it will be too humid for a BP> you'll just be turning it on and off all day long which takes more effort then misting.


Waterfalls are nice to the eye and can be used. the do help humidity a bit but if your using a heat lamp or CHE its just going to be lost.

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This is just a suggestion with the fogger, you could plug it into an inexpensive timer, so that it would fog maybe 4 times a day.

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Originally Posted by JeffJ

Screen top with wet towel works great. i do this for my boa.

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Also, for that, make sure the towels are changed frequently... wet warm towels are a breeding ground for all sorts of bacteria.. You don't want to completely cut off their circulation either.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

You saw a video of a fogger. It did not read the humidity for you.

I've bought that fogger and multiple others, they are cheaply made and crappy design, not to mention, I got much better results spending 3$ on a spray bottle and spraying it everyday.

Not worth the extra money.

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if you saw the video and they guys setup im sure he is tracking humidity on a $1000 snake, and you can see it working. and it foggs really well. exactly what its advertised to do.

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Originally Posted by llovelace

This is just a suggestion with the fogger, you could plug it into an inexpensive timer, so that it would fog maybe 4 times a day.

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that would work for sure. i think the reti-fogger has settings so you dont have to have it on full blast as well.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

Also, for that, make sure the towels are changed frequently... wet warm towels are a breeding ground for all sorts of bacteria.. You don't want to completely cut off their circulation either.

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i agree totally, this is why i switch out the towels on a 2 day cycle to the laundry.


on a side note, i think there are automated misting systems out there too.

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Originally Posted by JeffJ

if you saw the video and they guys setup im sure he is tracking humidity on a $1000 snake, and you can see it working. and it foggs really well. exactly what its advertised to do.

that would work for sure. i think the reti-fogger has settings so you dont have to have it on full blast as well.

i agree totally, this is why i switch out the towels on a 2 day cycle to the laundry.


on a side note, i think there are automated misting systems out there too.

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Automated misting systems are just like misting with a bottle, but much more expensive. I'm willing to do the manual labor. :]

With the foggers, they would 'fog' like they we're supposed to, but it didn't effect my humidity nearly enough to be worth it, even on full blast.

Maybe I had the cheaper versions, but I never went over $100. If theres something more expensive then that, then I'm sure it's more likely to work better.

Thanks for all the advice. I might give the fogger a try, but may just continue misting and using the wet towel method. It's just my first shedding experience so I guess I'm overreacting :rolleye2: Plus she's been in her hide for 2 days straight! I miss my Kumasi :tears:

Have fun with that. Mine didn't come out for a week!!! I purposely checked on her though, just to make sure everything was good :) Not because i thought it was bad, but I wanted to see her.

I was actually checking reviews on the foggers to see what others thought and check the longevity of them, but I did it in reverse.. I already bought one!

Ironically, this forums mentioned doing what I'm doing - I have a little mechanical timer that lets you set which hours are "on" or "off" power outputs. During the day with full heat on, I have it run nearly non stop at it's lowest setting, which is a good balance for 95 on one side and 80 on the other, and nearly perfect 45-55 humidity. Between the timer & the rheostat type knob thing, I can fine tune it pretty well.

Only annoyance: you gotta clean it every few days, lest you get a mildew smell. Probably a no brainer, but that ~15 minutes of cleaning probably equates to as much effort as just spraying or a towel. Food for thought. I can perfectly tune in the environment, though. I think it was ~$45 online, and if I crank it up to full (my wife did..) you cant even see into the terrarium. So I dont know what model the guy above had, but i could drown my snake with ours!

edit: yes i know this was an old post. but if anybody else is like me and googling for their snake, they may hit this post just like i did.

I use a peice of Plexiglass over my tanks with a few holes drilled into it for ventilation works GREAT and was about $15 at homedepot but the peice I purchased covered 3 tanks:)

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...64496118_n.jpg

Was wondering if this thing works good for controling the humidity as well. Was thinking about buying it but i want to see what others think first.

http://www.amazon.com/Imagine-Gold-T.../dp/B000634980

Not only does it help humidity it helps with air flow as well. Right now i use the damp towel over my screen top to help with humidity as well as misting the cage daily.

Hi I just got a zoo med repi fogger as a gift. A snake friend (who got it for me) uses it for his BP and said it was great. I have set mine up and found it creates a great little fog layer and raise humidity well. I did have some concerns.
1. Does it/can it harm the ball python in any way with respiratory problems or anything
2. Many of u mentioned that you have to turn it on and off and I was wondering why that was? What if you just kept it on lower setting?

i would love any suggestions or comments u can give. Thanks guys :)

.i tried a waterfall and it worked great to boost my humidity but one day found my snake laying on top of it and water running all over the substrate so immediatly it was removed.....

I had simmular problems recently because living in new england during the winter isn't the greatest.

I have two heat lamps currently going to keep the ambient air up. When I first switched to the lamps the humidity dropped to a horrid 20% even with misting, reptibark, and a giant water bowl. (I tried a humid hide for her as well, but she does not like moss at all it seems.

I also tried a humidifier in my room but it was impossible to blast it so that it could by pass the heat lamps into the cage.

I went to CVS recently and they sell this really nifty portable humidifier that uses any size water bottles as it's tanks. It fits right in the cage and my humidity is not back up to 55% percent. (It's not even up all the way so I can raise it for when she goes into shed.)

It's pretty cheap at $30 bucks and works great. Only downside is you have to change the water bottle once a day.

http://www.cvs.com/shop/product-deta...r?skuId=737138

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Originally Posted by anwhit

I had simmular problems recently because living in new england during the winter isn't the greatest.

I have two heat lamps currently going to keep the ambient air up. When I first switched to the lamps the humidity dropped to a horrid 20% even with misting, reptibark, and a giant water bowl. (I tried a humid hide for her as well, but she does not like moss at all it seems.

I also tried a humidifier in my room but it was impossible to blast it so that it could by pass the heat lamps into the cage.

I went to CVS recently and they sell this really nifty portable humidifier that uses any size water bottles as it's tanks. It fits right in the cage and my humidity is not back up to 55% percent. (It's not even up all the way so I can raise it for when she goes into shed.)

It's pretty cheap at $30 bucks and works great. Only downside is you have to change the water bottle once a day.

http://www.cvs.com/shop/product-deta...r?skuId=737138

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I just didnt know if its good for the ball pythons. I thought i noticed mine sneezing and then she was rubbing her nose against the glass so i turned it off immediately. Is there any problems that can be cause for the snakes? Has anyone noticed them not liking it and hiding or something?

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Originally Posted by Megz

I just didnt know if its good for the ball pythons. I thought i noticed mine sneezing and then she was rubbing her nose against the glass so i turned it off immediately. Is there any problems that can be cause for the snakes? Has anyone noticed them not liking it and hiding or something?

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Well mine seems to love it, actually. Once she got used to it being in her tank I have caught her several times curled in front of it letting the mist fall on her.

I've had it in there for about 2 weeks and she hasn't be acting strangely or has exhibit any signs of an RI. (I'm so paranoid that I tend to check her about once a week).

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Originally Posted by anwhit

Well mine seems to love it, actually. Once she got used to it being in her tank I have caught her several times curled in front of it letting the mist fall on her.

I've had it in there for about 2 weeks and she hasn't be acting strangely or has exhibit any signs of an RI. (I'm so paranoid that I tend to check her about once a week).

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Thanks that really helps, i must agree sometimes i can get myself all paranoid over my little girl.

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Originally Posted by Megz

Thanks that really helps, i must agree sometimes i can get myself all paranoid over my little girl.

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Oh lord do I know that paranoid feeling well.

If that fogger of yours was new, the "sneezing" you could have been hearing may have been huffing. I know my little girl huffs all the time with things she's not happy with. (When she gets lost in my sweatshirt, when I tried to switch her to rats, when I pull her away from things she's trying to explore, etc.) She could have just been no so please with this foreign light mist in her tank.

I just keep a close eye on it. Monitor the humidity right in front of the humidifier so I know how high the most humid spot she could reach. The way I have it set up is that it creates a humid spot in the tank that she can get to when needed. (I don't blast it to make sure the whole tank is humid).

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Originally Posted by stargazed85

Hey guys. I was wondering if anybody as used the Zoo Med Repti Fogger before? I'm having issues with the humidity in my tank :confused: Do you think the fogger or a waterfall would help it out more? Which one would work better? Any opinions appreciated :)

http://reptiledepot.com/drippers.html

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I use the zoo med fogger for my 2 bps and redtailed boa and it works fine for them, I only run it twice a day once in the morning and once at night

I don't know what I would do without the repti fogger, I'm not home alot and it dose the job. But it is useless without zoomeds reptitherm.

Old post I know but stumbled on it while googling (as another poster did) a reptifogger hack to fog 2 tanks at the same time. I use a reptifogger for my BCC red tail and my normal BP plugged into a cheap mechanical timer set to turn on for 1 hour every 4 hours with the mist level set at half. This has kept my humidity level for both snakes where is should be consistently. Using red heat lamps and CHE in double domes on both tanks for the warm side with UTH's tends to drop the moisture level pretty fast. That said, I still bottle mist every couple days to help. The drift wood decor soaks it up pretty quick so I guess maybe helps maintain humidity to some degree when the fogger is in an off cycle.