humidity!!!!!!!

[RmKlotz4]

i just got a larger rubbermaid cage for my BP and i cant get the humidity up!!!!....in the smaller one, it stayed consistant at at least 50......now i cant get it up above 35...i am spraying constantly but it doesnt seem to help. what can i dooooo??????

[alexrls]

pray, my child, pray

jk i have humidity probs too but atleast mines up too 45-50%

[mlededee]

use a larger water bowl or more than one bowl, put the bowl over the heating pad, make the diy humid hide and/or humidifier, place a damp towel over the top of the enclosure, don't use a bulb for heat--use a heating pad, put a humidifier in the room to get the overall humidity up, make sure you are measuring your humidity with a digital hygrometer like the accurite and not with an analog one because the analog one may be giving you an incorrect reading.

[RmKlotz4]

ok thanks guys

[JamminJonah]

as always Mlededee nailed it - one other thing is switch substrates to something like eco-earth or bed a beast (brick of ground cocnut husk that you soak in water to expand and thus they hold moisture very well - or throw some good ol' sphagnum in with the substrate - it too holds humidity very well. Other than that Mlededee covered it.

[alexrls]

whats spagnum?

[sk8er4life]

its a type of moss

[alexrls]

wazit do?

[alexrls]

it raises humidity?

where can i get me some?

[Brandon.O]

They sell it at most pet stores, even garden centers.

I know they have plenty of it at Petco, if you have one near you, i would take a little trip over there.

Also, when its time for shedding, i just cover a little more than half of the top and mist once a day, it stays at 80 percent, when the snakes are not shedding it still just stays at 60, i really dont have a humidity probem but when i need to raise it, that works,also filling up the water bowl up the the brim raises it a bit.