Tips keeping humidity

[pigfat]

I have a 20 gallon tank and I'm having to use a CHE to keep the temps up to par. The top is covered approx. 70% with a towel. I mist it in the morning because the humidity is down to 45, and I get it up to 55. Then at lunch its dropped back down again. I'm having to mist it 4 times a day to keep humidity up. Is there any tips that will help keep the humidty up without soaking the bedding? I'm using a coconut husk based bedding right now and I thought it would hold moisture. Would putting a wet washcloth in the tank help keep humidity up? I have a fairly large water bowl directly under the che.

[Skittles1101]

Make a humid hide?

[Salamander Rising]

Make a humid hide?

Iggy is starting a shed and I put some moist moss in her favorite hide and she refused to go in it at all.

I had to remove it, change her bedding and eradicate all traces of it ever having been there before she'd go back in.

[fussy, prissy thing!]

So, I'm misting frequently.

Last night I picked up a Repti Fogger and am waiting for hubby to make the "T connector" thingy so I can run it to both snakes' enclosures at once.

[pigfat]

There isn't any place around here to get that moss...I wonder what a humidifier in the room would do?

[Don]

There used to be a thread here for a DIY humidifier (http://www.ball-pythons.net/modules/...warticle&id=53), but it seems to be gone.

When I first got started and had only a few snakes, I used an aquarium pump with a line going into a 2 liter bottle of water. I put a line through the top of the cap to allow humid air to come out and into the snake enclosures. By using a valve I was able to keep perfect humidity.

Hopefully, someone else has done it or has some pics for you. Mine are long gone or I would take some photos for you.

[thedarkwolf25]

What kind of bedding are you using? We used to use aspen but switched to Cypress because it is better at holding humidity.

[Reesy]

Try replacing the towel on top with aluminum foil, towels tend to soak up humidity. Also I would go with an under tank heater instead of a heat lamp.

[Compher]

Try replacing the towel on top with aluminum foil, towels tend to soak up humidity. Also I would go with an under tank heater instead of a heat lamp.

I agree with the towel being replaced by either foil or plastic. I used a black trash bag, folded it in half, then taped half of it down on one side of the tank, then if the humidity is low i unfold the untapped side so it covers more, and if the humidity gets high I just refold it so it covers less.