How to increase humidity

[n1c0l3]

I have a 10gal tank with a top screen I have to use a CHE on top of the cold hide to keep it at 75-80 and it sucks up the humidity and I spray my tank fairly often but it dries up pretty fast I have a damp towel over half of the screen top and I spray the glass all around in the inside of the tank but when I wake up it’s at 39 I was thinking of getting a humidifier the one by zoomed and I wanted to know if that’s a good idea or should I do something else



I’m only using paper towels for now because my snake has been pooping a lot and I am feeding him every 7 days he weights 77g and I’m feeding 12g Hopper mice once he stops pooping every two days I’m gonna be going back to reptibark or ecoearth


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[tttaylorrr]

sphagnum moss or a damp hand towel laid over one hide. obviously your choice of substrate is making things worse, but you addressed that.

also, a 12g meal is on the very small end of what a 77g beep should be eating. i'd up the prey size to small mouse.

[ScottS]

Here are two posts I've made in the past with regard to humidity in glass tanks. They will solve your problem and eliminate the hassle of misting or whatever. I find I only need the sphagnum moss in the shed and I have a particularly dry ambient humidity in my house in the winter due to wood heat. Towels over the screen leave too much screen exposed and are a fire hazard with CHE's.


You will never get the humidity up with an open screen top. Best way is to cut a piece of marker board or masonite to fit over the screen. You can cut a six or seven inch hole in it for your heat lamp. Don't worry about putting any air holes in it, it isn't going to fit close enough to suffocate your snake. This is a much nicer solution than messing around with tin foil or towels. Your water bowl will provide enough humidity, though you will want to add some damp moss or something during shed.

I see frequent references to humidity problems in various posts. I have a solution that has worked well for me. I use the New Zealand sphagnum moss that you see on some suppliers websites. Get one of those mesh bags that fruit or other things come in at the grocery store. Tie up a ball of the sphagnum moss in the mesh bag about the size of a tennis ball and wet it thoroughly. It will hold a lot of water and will maintain the humidity for three or four days. A lot easier than misting or whatever. I have used one of these for six months and have seen no signs of mold, but it would be simple to change the moss if mold occurred.

[Sgt7212]

Here are two posts I've made in the past with regard to humidity in glass tanks. They will solve your problem and eliminate the hassle of misting or whatever. I find I only need the sphagnum moss in the shed and I have a particularly dry ambient humidity in my house in the winter due to wood heat. Towels over the screen leave too much screen exposed and are a fire hazard with CHE's.


You will never get the humidity up with an open screen top. Best way is to cut a piece of marker board or masonite to fit over the screen. You can cut a six or seven inch hole in it for your heat lamp. Don't worry about putting any air holes in it, it isn't going to fit close enough to suffocate your snake. This is a much nicer solution than messing around with tin foil or towels. Your water bowl will provide enough humidity, though you will want to add some damp moss or something during shed.

I see frequent references to humidity problems in various posts. I have a solution that has worked well for me. I use the New Zealand sphagnum moss that you see on some suppliers websites. Get one of those mesh bags that fruit or other things come in at the grocery store. Tie up a ball of the sphagnum moss in the mesh bag about the size of a tennis ball and wet it thoroughly. It will hold a lot of water and will maintain the humidity for three or four days. A lot easier than misting or whatever. I have used one of these for six months and have seen no signs of mold, but it would be simple to change the moss if mold occurred.

Thanks for this. I think my little girl is getting ready to shed. As of last night she hasn’t gone blue yet, but last time she pooped was the day before i fed her, 2 mice ago, she has gotten dull, slightly darker appearance and an ever so slight pinkness to her belly. If she is in shed, it will be her first with me and reading the sticky on the shed process helped refresh my memory from when I had red tail boas almost 20yrs ago. Once I suspected she was going into shed, I tried getting her humidity up to around 70% and it’s been a struggle. She is currently being kept in a 15gal glass aquarium with screen top, eco earth bedding, large water dish, cork hides and some artificial plants. I have a Cserpents tub rack that should be on its way soon, but not soon enough for me. I’ve heard it is much easier to maintain humidity with them. I’ve been misting the enclosure which quickly brings the humidity up to 77-80% and then drops to around 40% in about an hour. I added a damp towel over one hide and placed some styrofoam over one side of the screen covered by a damp towel. Humidity has been holding around 65-67%. Would a household humidifier in the room help? I was concerned misting would mess with the temps and make them drop, but that doesn’t seem to be the case. Ambient temp in the tank is between 78.6 - 81.2F and same temps on the cool side of the tank. Hot side is between 89.4 - 91.7 F with UTH that is thermostat controlled, temps taken with thermometer/ hygrometer combo and temp gun, day, night and in between and have been rock steady. Does anyone see anything I’m doing wrong or could improve? Suggestions welcome, I just want her shed to go as easily as possible because I know it’s already an uncomfortable time and process for them.

Also, she was 165g at her last weighing, right before she ate last Tuesday. She has a great appetite and has been destroying an adult mouse (avg 20-25g) every 6 days. I think she could handle something a little bigger, but i can’t find f/t rat pups near me. The next size up is a small rat and at 50g average weight, they look way too big. I also think 2 adult mice would be too much at one time, so I had been thinking of feeding every 5 days instead. Should I offer her a meal on Sunday/Monday even if she is in shed? My red tails would eat whether in shed or not, but I know beeps are different.