Humidity/Temperature Assistance please.

[led-zep]

I ordered a helix and it's coming but like most I had to save up to buy it. The dimmer has been working fine. Temps stay between 92 and 94 degree's. I never try to push for someone to use a dimmer permanently, but they are better than nothing and will work temporarily until better stuff can be acquired.

[Physician&Snakes]

I have a friend living in Kansas, he has not run into these problems since he switched most of his collection to tubs and custom plastic/wood cages. Apply the laws of negative feedback until you get the proper equipment....Excess heat? Increase ventilation, Lack of humidity? Apply moisture, I saturate my substrate weekly, in your case I suggest you mist vigorously in the evening or early morning. I do not use thermostats for smaller undertank heaters and low watt heat cables; however, I am slowly introducing them to my set ups using higher out put mats for the sake of energy efficiency...still hate the damn things though.

[KayleighBrown]

I have a friend living in Kansas, he has not run into these problems since he switched most of his collection to tubs and custom plastic/wood cages. Apply the laws of negative feedback until you get the proper equipment....Excess heat? Increase ventilation, Lack of humidity? Apply moisture, I saturate my substrate weekly, in your case I suggest you mist vigorously in the evening or early morning. I do not use thermostats for smaller undertank heaters and low watt heat cables; however, I am slowly introducing them to my set ups using higher out put mats for the sake of energy efficiency...still hate the damn things though.

What I've been doing is, every morning when I wake up, I will take the snakes out, or wrap them around my neck while I mist down their bedding/bark to where it is damp through most of the day. It's dried out quickly. I mix the bark around with my hand, and spray it, until it has the the moisture it did when it was in the bag still. Give them clean water. When I mist them like this, I fear I may be over doing it, and don't know if it would do more harm to them then good. Jeremy and I are looking in to getting an IR Thermometer and also a thermostat as soon as we can. In the mean time I've turned our house heat down to about 50 degrees or so.

Ugh I love this house, yet I hate it so much.

[Physician&Snakes]

What I've been doing is, every morning when I wake up, I will take the snakes out, or wrap them around my neck while I mist down their bedding/bark to where it is damp through most of the day. It's dried out quickly. I mix the bark around with my hand, and spray it, until it has the the moisture it did when it was in the bag still. Give them clean water. When I mist them like this, I fear I may be over doing it, and don't know if it would do more harm to them then good. Jeremy and I are looking in to getting an IR Thermometer and also a thermostat as soon as we can. In the mean time I've turned our house heat down to about 50 degrees or so.

Ugh I love this house, yet I hate it so much.

Sound good, I would just pour the water evenly though, it will spread quite evenly on its own. I would seriously think about switching to tubs later on.

[KayleighBrown]

Sound good, I would just pour the water evenly though, it will spread quite evenly on its own. I would seriously think about switching to tubs later on.

I don't know all that much about tubs.

I cannot use watt tape as I don't know how to cut or use cords compatible for it as a belly heat source.

Can UTH pads be used with sterlite tubs instead of watt tape?

And is that the only heat that's needed for them in a tub?

I'm very interested in learning more about tub use and what I can do to keep my snakes warm, cool, happy and healthy.

[Crazymonkee]

I don't know all that much about tubs.

I cannot use watt tape as I don't know how to cut or use cords compatible for it as a belly heat source.

Can UTH pads be used with sterlite tubs instead of watt tape?

And is that the only heat that's needed for them in a tub?

I'm very interested in learning more about tub use and what I can do to keep my snakes warm, cool, happy and healthy.

A uth can be used on a tub... but MUST be controlled. Tubs are awesome for humidity but ambient room temp must stay at a constant 77-82. As you can not add a supplemental heat source

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