Southern Nevada & Humidity

[Juxtaposition109]

Hello all,
I hope all of you are doing well. I recently moved from Florida to Southern Nevada. Needless to say the humidity in Southern Nevada is way less than it is in Florida. I used to keep my female 2 yr old Ball Python is a 40 gallon breeder tank in Florida but being as we are in Nevada now I'm trying to make sure I keep the humidity up and good for her in this very dry climate. I have put her in a 105 quart tub with about 30 air holes soldered in various spots in the sides. I also have a good sized water dish and instead of using newspaper I changed to aspen bedding. I plan to mist the tank at least once a day and I put a humidity gauge in the tub as well. Does anyone have any other suggestions for what I can do to help keep the humidity up in this crazy dry climate? What humidity level would you say is best? Have a good one.

[The Serpent Merchant]

you want the humidity between 40%-60% normally, and 60%-80% during shed.

With tubs the easiest way to regulate humidity is to add/cover up holes. a larger water dish/ misting are also good options.

[Inarikins]

A two year old female shouldn't need a 105 quart tub. You can comfortably keep breeder females in 41 quarts. You could also use a bedding other than aspen that holds humidity better. I use Repti-bark and it does almost /too/ good of a job for me. 50-60% humidity is perfect for ball pythons while 70% is needed for when she's in shed. If you get a humidity gauge, then use an Acurite thermometer/hydrometer. Those sticky ones are absolutely worthless - totally inaccurate. You should be using some sort of thermometer anyways to measure your temps and a thermostat for your heat source if you don't have one of those.

Check out the caresheet if you haven't already to make sure all your temps and such are on track!
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...s%29-Caresheet

[SinCityBPs]

Vegas climate can be difficult for sure.

You made the right step moving to a tub, as tanks are near useless here in S. NV without a lot of extra work... Covering the top with plexiglass keeping about a third or less open for ventilation, misting daily or using a room humidifier or reptifogger are a few possible fixes.

The 105 qt is a bit larger than needed, and you might have gone too far with the 30 holes. It is a much bigger tub than i am used to, so not 100% on that.

I currently run cb70 (37 qt I believe) racks for my adults with 18 holes, and still have issues with humidity. I have resorted to a whole house humidifier in my snake room keeping a constant 55 percent. When it come time for shed, i slide their water bowl toward the hot spot to bump it up to the 70+ . Works great, but probably overkill for one BP.

If you want to keep the larger tub, try covering up a few holes and keeping an eye on the effect to the humidity. Shredded aspen should be fine; however I prefer unprinted newspaper. Either way, I think you will find some type of humidifier a necessity here.

Best of luck, and feel free to message me if you have any questions, or if I can be any help.