Home Made Humidifier For Bloods!

[BloodDdooM]

:wink: Another quick question about my blood and her enclosure's humidity?
I read the "Do it yourself" list and one of the articles consisted of making yoiur own humidifier. Well I decided to try it out and followed step by step but my humidity levels have actually decreased! I also took the person's advice on the bottom of his/her instruction list which mentioned for increased humidity adda sponge to help filter the amount if moister, and I still got no results! I also filled the bottle real high but again got nothing??? What would you all suggest I do? Forget the Home mad humidifier or....?
All opinions will be a huge help so please dont hold back....! :lol:
Thats it for now group hope to hear from you all real soon!!!

[sophie42204]

We made one when we had one of our BPs in an aquarium and it worked awesome, so well in fact I had to remove more of the duct tape on the screen top to allow more air in. I don't understand why it didn't work for you....

a couple of questions: what type of enclosure are you using? if its an aquarium, what type of top are you using? what are the temps and what are you using for heat?

[Smulkin]

Worked killer for me when I was using a tank - but as in Sophie's case the top was covered (con-tac paper) to hold the humidity in. Is it percolating ok? How big of a container, what sized pump, and how far below the surface of the water is the tube that is pumping the air in?

[led4urhead]

When i used a tank .. it worked good for me. I wrapped another human heating pad on low around the bottle. Heated water evaporates quicker.

[BloodDdooM]

My enclosure is a plastic tub (rubbermaid) and has 2 hide boxes, 1 humididty box and a large water bowl. 1 of the hide box is on the hott spot and the other is on the cool spot. i was recommended to put 2 hide spots so she wouldnt have to choose between hott and security. Anyways my enclosure is sitting at about 70 - 80% humidity only when I spray the enclosure! If I dont spray the humidity level drops to about 60% so thats why I'm thinking my humidifier isn't working??? What Ya Think Might Be The Problem....? :wink:

[green_man]

ya know, the humidifier didnt work too well for me either. That may be because I was using a small bottle rather than a two litter. Anyway, I ended up just running a tube from my pump right into the enclosure and into the water dish. I put one of those little blue bubbler things on the end. It has upped my humidity quite a bit. Might want to give it a shot. I am still trying to determine if the bubbling is deturing my ATB from drinking. I am putting in a second water source just to be safe...

[Smulkin]

Which end are you taking the measurements on and what are the temps on either end? Is the lid solid or does it have an area cut out for a lamp? Is the water bowl over the heat source? Just curious as it's odd to have that kind of struggle in tupperware. I used to have to run the DIY humidifier when I had Kali in glass (big 'ole Gatorade bottle) to keep the humidity up and ensure the air was getting exchanged enough to not stagnate (not a good thing). Neither has been a problem since upgrading her from glass. Any way you could maybe post a shot of the setup?

[BloodDdooM]

This is how my enclosure is set up-
One side is with one hott spot (heat pad) that is covered with a hide box, I was recommended that I put a hide box on the basking are so my snake wont have too choose between security and being warm.
Right next to the hott spot I placed the "humidity box" and that is a medium sized plastic tub (rubbermaid) full of spahgnum moss.
Now on the other side is my cool spot where I put another hide box for cooling and security.
And next to that is the water bowl.
I have about 12 holes on the lid of my enclosure and in two of those holes is where I put the ends of the tubbing from my DIY humidifier, right smack in the middle of the enclosure.
What Ya Think.....?

[Smulkin]

Try moving the waterbowl as close as you can to the heat source on the warm side - also if you have any holes in the lid over the warm side cover em - you might also try feeding the humidifier's tubes to the warm side as well. Do you have holes on the side of the enclosure as well?