Greetings,
I've seen some post on this forum regarding humidity chambers so I thought I would share this. My daughter made this natural looking humidity chamber for her anery (corn snake) and photographed it. We also have one for our royal. It's really simple to make and costs next to nothing to make.
Supplies:
An appropriately sized half log hide
A pair of scissors
A piece of paper
A fine point marker
A short length of rubber tubing (medical type)
A semi rigid piece of plastic
Step 1
Trace the outline of the hide base on a piece of paper.
Step 2
Trace the ends of the log hide on the piece of paper.
Step 3
Cut out the oval shaped template from the piece of paper and wrap it around the log making sure it fits neatly and tightly.
Step 4 (example)
The plastic my daughter used was the box from a software package from Costco.
Step 5
Trace your paper pattern onto the plastic.
Step 6
Cut the pattern out of the piece of plastic and fold then ends around your hide to ensure it has a nice snug fit. This will prevent it from drying out as quickly.
Step 7
Use something round to trace an appropriately sized hole on one end of the plastic. The whole should be somewhat larger than your snake at its fattest point.
Step 8
Take a length of medical tubibg and slit it lengthwise from end to end, making sure that you cut straight, without twisting the tubing. Open the slit and slide the tube around the edge of the hole you previously cut in the plastic . This is important so your snake does not cut his belly going in and out of the hide. Finally, place some damp sphagnum moss inside the hide (ZooMed Terrarium moss will do fine). Your snake now has cozy place to hydrate when it needs or wants to.
Be sure the wood has been sanitized by baking it in the oven before introducing it into the cage. If your worried about mold, you can put 4 coats of clear satin polyurithane (sp?) on the inside of it. If you do, be sure and give it about a week to dry so there's no oder left.
Cheers,
Jason
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