Humidity

[Ldag32]

Trying to do a better job with humidity... Tanks hovering around 30%.... I have been misting but they somehow always fall back to 30%.

Thoughts??

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[The Serpent Merchant]

You can cover some of the vents on the cages, but don't cover all of them.

What substrate are you using?

[Ldag32]

They are in plastic Vision tanks with glass doors! I am using reptibark....

[The Serpent Merchant]

Wow, I can't believe that you are having humidity issues. The one thing that you could try is switching to eco-earth substrate. It holds humidity better than cypress if you keep it damp.

Larger water dishes, live plants, and regular misting will all help to increase humidity.

[kitedemon]

Is the hygrometer correct? Digital ones are very fragile and don't do well with any kind of abuse or dirt/dust. I would first check the gauge for accuracy analogue ones you can do a salt test. Digital ones are harder there are test kits available or you could just wrap the probe in a damp towel and check to see if it is close to 100% after 20-30 min.

What is the RH in the room?

[Ldag32]

There are two tanks set up exactly the same....and both are reading around 30%

RH? relative humidity in the room?? I have to imagine its close to 0%.... Being up in the northeast we have baseboard heating in the house which is very dry.... Temp around 68-70 degrees in the house

[martin82531]

Wow, I can't believe that you are having humidity issues. The one thing that you could try is switching to eco-earth substrate. It holds humidity better than cypress if you keep it damp.

Larger water dishes, live plants, and regular misting will all help to increase humidity.

x2 on the eco-earth. If you do switch I would recommend letting the substrate dry out for a day or two before putting in. I found this the hard way, and it was a pita to get the humidity down to a maintainable level the first day or two with a pvc/plastic enclosure.

[Herpenthusiast3]

Repti fogger or even a plain humidifier from Walgreens works fine. You just have to get a hard clear rubber tube to attach to the Walgreens type humidifier and place the other end blowing somewhere into the tank. It works great it keep your humidity right and also helps a lot during sheds. Just crank it up a bit. Hope this helps.

[Ldag32]

What about mixing substrates? Can I add some ecoearth to the reptibark??


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[southwind]

Iv heard that reptibark stains the belly of snakes it comes off but makes the color change a bit, just throwing that out there