Can Aspen be used for a BRB tub enclosure?

[jglass38]

I wouldn't. It doesn't handle high humidity very well which BRBs need. Cypress is my choice or bed a beast.

[thefnshow66]

I'd understand in a tank but in a tub? i have several balls in aspen and they need a humidity range from 50-60. Thats with drilling tons of holes. If i didn't drill as much in the tub, it wouldn't reach around 70-80??

[jglass38]

I'd understand in a tank but in a tub? i have several balls in aspen and they need a humidity range from 50-60. Thats with drilling tons of holes. If i didn't drill as much in the tub, it wouldn't reach around 70-80??

I don't think the size of the tub matters. I don't really like Aspen for BRBs. You want super high humidity for a BRB.

[thefnshow66]

I don't think the size of the tub matters. I don't really like Aspen for BRBs. You want super high humidity for a BRB.

well i had cypress mulch at first but when i woke up this morning. The hides and all the walls were full of condensation. That seemed beyond high for them. What would you recommend I do with a solo tub for a baby BRB?

[jglass38]

Check out the NERD care sheet. http://www.newenglandreptile.com/CareBRB.html

They have spelled it all out there. I would use Cypress, any coconut husk bedding or Bed a Beast and make sure you have holes in both side of the tub. They need high humidity (even higher as babies than as adults).

[knott00]

If your enclosure is wet when you wake up in the morning, it means that the air has gotten too cool at night to hold all the moisture in the air. You need a way to keep the air in the enclosure warm so the water does not condense on your surfaces.

[knott00]

Sorry for a 2nd post, for whatever reason it won't let me edit my other one.

The reason you have water on the inside of your enclosure is the same reason that there is water on the grass at in the morning after a cool summer night.

Warm air holds more moisture than cool air, so when the air temp drops at night, the air can no longer hold the amount of moisture that is in it and the water condenses on any cool surface close by.

Since you are finding water dropplets on the inside of your enclosure in the morning, that means that your ambient temp is dropping too much at night and the air cannot hold all the moisture thats in it. You need to find a way to keep your ambient temp in the mid 80s at night.