Temporary Humidity Solution?

[The Night King]

I have great temps but awful humidity in my Exo Terra enclosure. So much so, that I've ordered an AP T10 setup. It'll be another 7-8 weeks til I get it so I need to try and manually work on the humidity til the new setup gets here.

Im using Ultratherm UTH heater and CHE.

i have TWO water bowls..a small one and a medium sized one. Both always have water. There is not enough space in the tank for a bigger bowl. I have a bowl of sphagnum moss and also have moss all around the tank also and just daily. I'm using eco earth as my substrate. I have a screen top but have almost all of it tightly wrapped and taped with aluminum foil. The only exposed area is the area where the CHE lamp sits. I use a lutron dimmer for the CHE. My temps are constantly at 90 / 80 degrees.

My humidity stays at about 38%. After listing it'll go up to 47-48 for about 30 min then start dropping.

its winter and I'm guessing my home air is just dry as hell. The last shed wasn't horrible but did have several pieces of shed and then lingering pieces for a couple weeks. Tank is even drier now so it could be worse. It's been about 5.5 weeks since his last shed and he eats like a champ so it probably about time to shed again. He is currently 325g.

What can I do just to get through the next 8 weeks til I get the the new setup??

help!


thanks in advance...

TNK

[dylan815]

More daily Misting and maybe get a humidifier for the room that the snake is in. I have to run a room humidifier during the winter for my snakes because my heaters dry the place out. Hope you get it figured out!

[The Night King]

Thanks a bunch...just put a decent size humidifier behind his tank. Should I do anything with the foil covering or leave it be?

[SDA]

Get sphagnum moss, put it in bowls on each end of the tank and keep it moist. It's a temp fix but should hold you over until you get that T10

[BallPythonWannaBe]

^^^^This
It worked for me when I ran out of substrate and had to use newspaper, making my humitity super low! I put the moss in small bowls and misted it along with tank sides and it worked until the store was open(They are closed for weekends and on Monday)

[The Night King]

I already have my moss all over the tank and I keep it misted daily and it does not help… Maybe goes up about 10% then goes right back down… I've got one big bowl right behind the water and then have it spread out in other areas there's just not a lot of room in the tank for other bowls

[The Night King]

[BallPythonWannaBe]

That dosent really look like spagnum moss to me, maybe I'm wrong though?

[SDA]

What are you using to read this humidity and where is the probe or device placed in relation to the bottom of the tank? Seems odd if you have the top covered like you do and the CHE regulated down that it would lower so rapidly. What is the room humidity and how long has the humidifier been running?

[The Night King]

I am using the Acurrite thermometer… It's it's in the back right.


No one has asked about my thermometer probe that's a good question… But I set it up just like the serpent merchant advised in the beginning so it is on the hot side on the glass UNDER the substrate which is eco-earth and has never been moved. Basically the third pick below... snake stays on the cool side so the probes on the hot side under the substrate which is under the log hide.









Probe is under substarte under log ahead sitting on glass: