Room ventilation

[ChelseaV]

So as of right now, I have my female ball pythons tank out in the living room of our home. The room has better air flow, natural lighting and humidity compared to my bedroom. However, soon I'll be upgrading her tank to a t8 from animal plastics and getting a male banana spider as well. In order to avoid annoying my boyfriend and our roommate with my reptiles, I was going to move the setups to the bedroom, which for some reason has poor air circulation. Last month when I had her tank in there, she had a terrible shed. Had to soak her several times. Since I've moved her, her whole demeanor has changed. I think the stuffiness and darkness of the bedroom bothered her and I want to prevent that if I move her again to the room. Any suggestions as to what I can do to fix this? Perhaps some fans to move the air around? Should I get a humidifer?

[DennisM]

I suggest that you’ll have to experiment with getting the proper environment established in the T8 prior to moving the snake in. It’s unlikely that airflow is an issue, BPs need less of that than we do and you sleep there every night. The T8 will hold humidity better than the tank, I’m assuming glass, will. I keep numerous assorted pythons in AP cages with no problems. Of course, I also have a snake room with a much different environment than my bedroom. Nonetheless, with proper heat regulation you should have no problem with keeping the BP in its new environment. I doubt you’ll need a humidifier for a snake in a T8 in Florida, what’s “stuffy” to you is probably very nice for a python.

[theskyturnsgrey]

I keep my girl in my classroom which is very stuffy and at times hot. what I do is put a very small desk fan blowing PAST (not directly into) her ventilation holes on one side. humidity is holding steady right where I want it and i do feel like it is keeping the air in her tub from getting stagnant. Perhaps that would work for you as well!