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    Humidity Issue (Sprinkling system?)

    Hi,

    so I've had my ball python for a year now but I haven't found a way to get the humidity right.
    I have a big enclosure (Length: 150cm/59 inches; Width: 60cm/23,5 inches; Height: 80cm/31,5 inches) and my ball python is doing well in it. For the substrate I use cypress mulch and I also have a big (12 inches x 12 inches x 4 inches) water bowl that is on the hot side of the terrarium. I have two CHEs (both attached to thermostats) but in the summer I only need one since it's hot enough anyway. With both CHEs working the humidity will go from 75% to 45% in about 1,5 to 2 hours.
    I bought a humidity switch and a fogger to conquer the problem but the fogger broke after 3 months or so. I don't want another since the fogger heated up a lot and everything around it got extremely wet.
    Personally, I thought about using my heat mat but since I have a wooden enclosure I would prefer not to use one.
    I've been thinking about getting an overhead sprinkling system.
    Is that a good idea? Does anyone have experience with it? Does anyone have another idea?

    Thanks beforehand.
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    Re: Humidity Issue (Sprinkling system?)

    What's your substrate depth? Increasing how much substrate you have, and maybe adding some top soil to the cypress mulch, could help with the humidity. That way it'll take longer for the moisture in the substrate to evaporate, and with your CHEs going, the top layer should stay pretty dry.
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    Re: Humidity Issue (Sprinkling system?)

    Quote Originally Posted by Starscream View Post
    What's your substrate depth? Increasing how much substrate you have, and maybe adding some top soil to the cypress mulch, could help with the humidity. That way it'll take longer for the moisture in the substrate to evaporate, and with your CHEs going, the top layer should stay pretty dry.
    The substrate is about 2 inches deep.
    So you would recommend adding something more humid to the cypress mulch (and/or adding more cypress mulch)?
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    Is this a glass tank? Tub? Or different?

    All have a different solution.
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    Re: Humidity Issue (Sprinkling system?)

    Quote Originally Posted by Sunnieskys View Post
    Is this a glass tank? Tub? Or different?

    All have a different solution.
    It's a wooden enclosure with a glass front and glass sides.
    The photo is a bit old. I added some more things (like the second CHEs, some more decoration, plants, hides etc.) but the set up and build is the same. I can take a new photo tomorrow.

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    Re: Humidity Issue (Sprinkling system?)

    Quote Originally Posted by Caali View Post
    The substrate is about 2 inches deep.
    So you would recommend adding something more humid to the cypress mulch (and/or adding more cypress mulch)?
    Yeah, if you're not using a UTH, having more substrate is fine and also helps stabilize humidity. If you add something more fine, like soil, then your snake may also be more inclined to dig around if they weren't already. Having hides half-buried in the deeper substrate would create pockets of higher humidity, much like animal burrows found in the wild.
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