Yes, this is true. I wash the towels once a week to be sure. I choose to use towels because I get paranoid about having standing water other than the water dish in the enclosures. Mainly because I do not want the snakes to rest on anything that is damp or wet.Originally Posted by starmom
Careful of the towel idea as they tend to breed bacteria. Lots of people using glass tanks foil the lid or plexiglass the lid to help with the humidity.
If humidity is an issue still, many use sphagnum moss with excellent results
Rheostats work well and require little daily tinkering if the external environment stays pretty darn constant. If your room environment changes temps throughout the day and night, a thermostat will work much better.
Also, I agree with you about the rheostat.
This brings up a question I would love to find an answer to. If you are trying to maintain temperatures in three different 'zones' (i.e. warm hide 90, cool hide 80, ambient temp 80) in a display type enclosure, do you need three different thermostats? Is there a super thermostat out there that has multiple probes attached to multiple outlets?
Jimmy
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