Maintaining proper humidity???

[AlbertaBP]

I was keeping my pythons at my parents house while we got settled into our new place,

At my parents house I had a small 6x8 room, where I could keep the humidity levels up to around proper levels.

theres not much room at this new place, so I have them in the basement which is wide open.

Need some tips for maintaining a healthy humidity level for my pythons?

[The Serpent Merchant]

What type of cage ware you using?

What heat sources are you using?

[dart]

Humidifiers work wonders for keeping it up.

[AlbertaBP]

Sorry I guess i should of been more informative,

I keep them in 41qt tubs on a pvc rack. Im using 11" 20watt flexwatt, it covers half of the tub for there hotspot.

And Im unsure if a humidifier would work, as its a wide open basement, would take alot to get it humid down there.

[travis11]

A buddy of mine used to have the same kind of setup in his basement, and alway had a problem with Humidity. Which is weird, i would think with a basement being dark and moist that Humidity wouldn't be an issue. I dont know if this is a finished basement or just a basement, but he used to keep a Humidifier in one corner of the room and one in another corner. He had a tarp like plastic streched across the ceiling and the floor, which i guess helped with locking the Humidity in the room, instead of rising to the ceiling and evaporating it would collect on the tarp and make its way back down to the floor. Just something i witnessed, i have zero time with this myself.

[1nstinct]

Why not try using cypress mulch as the substrate? Spray it with some water and your humidity should jump right up? Then just spray when it seems to start getting dried out. And mix it around.

[LLLReptile]

I am a big fan of adding damp moss to a corner or two, especially over the heat area, and just maintaining the moisture level in that. I live in a ridiculously dry area here in Southern California, and that's the easiest way I have found to maintain humidity so far. I use the New Zealand sphagnum, the yellow stuff - seems to last longer.

-Jen