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    Re: New snake owner with heat/humidity issues

    Quote Originally Posted by vetteaholic25 View Post
    Hey guys, I just got a regular ball python and I'm having some trouble keeping my heat and humidity up. My current set up is a 20 gallon long tank with aspen bedding and an under the tank heater. I currently live in a basement and moved him down here with me, but recently he's been upstairs. When he's upstairs his heat seams to be alright (82-84), but his humidity keeps dropping. I decided to move him down to the basement with me to see if it would help the humidity out and bought him a 50 watt heating bulb to keep the heat up. The problem is even worse down here, the temp is right around 74 and the bulb is drying the tank out fast. Just checked the humidity and it was at 38. I'd really like to keep him down here with me so I can see him more, but I'd move him back upstairs if need be. Any suggestions? Thanks!
    The ting with the bulb is it's going to take more away from humidity than before. What I would do is move him back upstairs and take ceran wrap and cover about 60% of the tank(I'd do the middle and leave the sides open). This will allow less to escape and should boost the humidity to where you'd like.

    As far as temps go, you want 88-92 on the hot side, and around 82 for the cool side.

    What you can try to do is put an UTH on both sides, and put the one on the cool side on a dimmer switch, but you need a thermostat for the hot side one and a thermometer to monitor both as well as check cage temps. I'd recommend other stuff but not to a new hobbyist. You just have to figure out how to raise your ambient room temperature. One thing you can try is getting a space heater.
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