Humidity Advice

[Badgemash]

So I got a humidifier for the snake room thinking "this will be great, I won't have to spray a million (ok 2-3) times a day" but did not think about what impact that would have on the room itself. Long story short, husband freaked at the idea thinking "60% humidity will make mold grow in the room and make things go rusty." To be fair all of our expensive camping gear is stored in that closet of that room, along with his hunting guns. Does he have a valid concern? Has anyone encountered problems like this using a humidifier for their reptiles? Thanks!

[nick654377]

i personally wouldnt keep my guns in an area with 60% humidity. most gun safes people hang bags in them to absorb all the humidity and change em out once a month. move the guns and camping equipment and call it a day.

[Inknsteel]

Rather that getting a humidifier for the whole room, you can also look at just making humid hides for the snakes. These can be as simple as a butter container with a hole cut in the top, with some damp sphagnum moss in it. That way the snake can move to the humid hide when needed and your hubby won't have to move the camping gear or guns...

[satomi325]

I don't know about guns, but my area is naturally 50% humidity. I've never had any issues with mold or rust...

To keep your enclosures more humid, I recommend using coco husk or cypress mulch to increase humidity.

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[Don]

I would not store guns in a humid environment. I don't think the camping gear is a problem.

[martin82531]

I live in Phoenix Arizona and keeping humidity up has always been a challenge for me. The most recent substrate I have had success with is Eco Earth from ZooMed. I have a PVC enclosure and I have gone almost a week so far without having to mist the cage. One thing I would say is with this type of substrate is it holds humidity really good, almost too good. I had to "air out" and remove some of the substrate from my cage a couple of times at first to keep the humidity from getting too high.

http://www.petco.com/product/10813/Z...Substrate.aspx

[martin82531]

Also here is another thread from recent that gives some good advice on humidity.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...idity-Question

[Badgemash]

I'm in Phoenix too, so I feel your pain. I think the last time I tried ecoearth Little Dude managed to eat a fair amount of it, but humid hides could work, I used to do those with my torts. Although if that doesn't work I will try the ecoearth again.

Thanks everyone for the quick responses!