How often do you have to mist/spritz your enclosures?

[sbit]

I live in Florida, mist once a day and twice during shed...Mine's in a glass tank with aspen bedding and the heat source is a lamp on a timer.

Honestly I could probably get away with misting less, but he seems glossier and healthier if I do it at least daily. I'm sure the lamp sucks a lot of moisture out of the air.

[snake lab]

I run a humidifier and space heater in the snake room. Temps stay at 85 and humidity sticks at around 65%. I use cypress and i have freedom breeder racks. I mist my racks once a week due to the way freedom breeders are vented. Now i have made blocker covers to block a good portion of the vents to hold better humidity. I mist with a 2 gallon pump sprayer because of the amount of cb70 tubs in my freedom breeders.

[Ohlacey]

I live in Florida and try to keep my windows open when I'm home, so humidity is pretty regular. I do mist, though. Usually once a day or every other, just because My BRB gets it all the time. It's a quick step over to the tanks.

[captainjack0000]

I live in Florida

I use a tank, and have a heat pad and heat lamp. Lamp during the day, heat pad at night.

Even with the heat lamp on, usually my humidity isn't below 40% (except the occasional cold snap in the winter when it drops to 35%) I maybe mist once a day to keep the humidity closer to 50 or 60% and have a wet wash rag over one side of the screen top. I use Reptibark for substrate.

During shed, I just use the heat pad during the day and ditch the lamp. I've had pretty good luck with this system as far as shedding goes.

[kitedemon]

I have many of the snakes in a snake room that is humidified to 60% I never mist there. There is a side turned tank and a PVCx enclosure in my bed room and my office. The bedroom is in the winter at about 28% RH and the office is 14% RH. I live in NS Canada north of the OP. I use eco earth and large water bowls I mist about once a week maybe. Humidity comes from the water bowl and substrate. NOT the snake! Reducing ventilation can lead to health issues. I use the take that water bowl away test for ventilation. If I remove the water bowl with mostly dry substrate I expect to see the enclosure's RH drop to the rooms RH or close in 2 hours or less. Mine this happens in under one hour.

I keep hearing over and over bulbs kill humidity. For the record glass does not absorb any appreciable amount of water nor does metal or most ceramic sockets. They only change air flow patterns it remains a matter of balance.

[captainjack0000]

I keep hearing over and over bulbs kill humidity. For the record glass does not absorb any appreciable amount of water nor does metal or most ceramic sockets. They only change air flow patterns it remains a matter of balance.

It's not the glass or whatever that kills humidity, its the type of heat being deployed from the light bulb. Radiant heat I think is the type we're talking about.

True though glass doesn't absorb moisture either though.

Edit: Actually it might be that fact that there are light photons involved that kill the humidity, not the method of heat transfer at all. Heat pads have radiant heat too and they don't kill humidity, but heat pads also have alot of conduction.

[kitedemon]

Jack photons? that would mean there is always low humidity outside. Sorry it is just the way that bulbs are placed nothing more than that. Airflow makes a big difference. RPH are installed inside usually with out through venting. Bulbs usually have through venting. A double walled bulb housing and the issue is about the same as any other system.

[Superpop]

I live in Minnesota and it wildly varies how often I have to mist Snickers' tank.

It the winter it as dry as hell here even with an expensive humidifier in the house running. Snickers' tank gets misted once every night in the winter unless she goes into a shed in the middle of winter which is horrible because then we have to mist her tank down 4-5 times a day until she actually sheds.

During spring, summer, and fall her tank never has to be misted unless she is going into a shed and then 1 mist a day is sufficient for her to have a clean shed.

Winter here is a horrible biotch though.

[captainjack0000]

Jack photons? that would mean there is always low humidity outside.

Yeah I answered my own questions in another thread. Photons it isn't. It has to do with how the different items heat the respective areas. Light bulb heats air, tank, stick and snake, UTH heats mostly tank and snake on top of it. That is- heat transfer from the UTH to the air is minimal.

[MikeBPython]

Zoomed reptifogger using DISTILLED water on a digital timer works magic. I set mine to go on for 10 minutes every hour. Only thing you have to do then is mist once a day or every 2 days on moss and refill the zoomed bottle with distilled water when it runs low. You can even use a 2 liter bottle or large Fiji water bottle on the zoomed reptifogger as a replacement bottle.