How should I cover a screen top?

[JLC]

Just make sure your substrate doesn't stay continually wet. Damp/wet substrate can cause a host of other problems such as blisters or scale-rot. With a lamp over the top of the cage, it'll probably dry out alright, but keep an eye on it.

[Hoomi]

What I did in Phil's enclosure was to buy a sheet of plexiglass just slightly smaller than the screen on the top, and they drill the corners and the middle of the plexiglass and tie-strap it to the underneath of the screen. It not only helps hold in humidity, but also helps prevent Phil from rubbing abrasions into himself against the screen.

Plexiglass is inexpensive, easy to work with, and easy to find. However, make sure if you do something like this that it is attached tightly to the top at more than just the corners. I had mine attached just at the corners at first, and found that Phil had managed to squeeze between the screen and the plexiglass. Adding another attachment point in the center prevented any further occurences of that.

[BallPython713]

Just make sure your substrate doesn't stay continually wet.

Yes, that would be not good! But I never give the misting an "over-dose" - it's always still "dry" afterwards.


I just checked the humidity...it was 40% that's actually a little improvement. I think that once I build the humidifier it should be better.

[BallPython713]

I just finished constructing the humidifier (from the DIY section). As I said earlier, I covered my screen top with duct tape (like steelsack's pic) so now I just have to wait and see how it all turns out!

[BallPython713]

I checked the humidity and it was around 65%! I think I have to lower the water level. The problem was that it sprang a leak so I'm going to redesign it.