Hey everyone, yes, another post from me. I know lol I do post a lot, not sure if it’s looked down upon in the forum or considered spamming or anything, just let me know.
Anyways, ever since I got my ball python (4 weeks ago) when I watch him at night he spends a lot of time in/at/drinking from his water.

To start it off, I still don’t know what the correct humidity is. Everyone says something different. Some say 50-60%, or 45-55%, or 55-65, or 65-75%, and some say up in the in low 80s and mid 70s as long as it’s not damp. This is such a broad range I don’t know what is right. Also is it snake to snake? Do some prefer higher, because mine is showing signs (I’ll get to later) that he maybe does prefer higher. If that’s true, that sucks because I have a screen lid and even with it covered it still will drop 40% in 2 days.

I usually keep my humidity at 60-70 on side without water dish and it’s usually at 70-80 on side with water bowl. Even with this high humidity he STILL hangs out at his water.

I then added a pretty big bowl (bigger than his hides) full of wet sphagnum moss on his side without his water dish to raise and hopefully maintain the humidity in the whole enclosure. And guess what, it did NOTHING doesn’t change anything. Still drops just as fast. Idk why. I mean it may be helping very slightly. If anything, it keeps the humidity on the cool side around 50-55 for a little longer than usual. But it still drops down to that point from when I spray just as fast. I’ve seen others who use moss for rainbow boas, etc. and it keeps humidity in 80s for two weeks! If someone has used or has experience with spagnum moss and can help me with this, thatd be great. Now though, my snake seems to be glad I added the spagnum moss because he now just sits in the bowl sometimes. He especially does this when I let my humidity get down to 50-60% (which is literally what most ppl recommend lol).

My Main questions/need help with: any help with spagnum moss, correct humidity for ball pythons, are the signs from my snake telling me he requires more humidity than most ball pythons

Thanks


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