I use cypress for my BP and I mist the enclosure 1-2 times a day. Do you have a thermometer and thermostat for your enclosure? What is your set up like? If you're using a glass tank with a screen top you will need to cover most of the top to retain the humidity.
The proper set up for a heat mat is to have your heat mat outside of the enclosure attached to the bottom, with the thermostat probe sandwiched between the bottom of the enclosure and the heat mat. When you measure the warm end surface temperature in your enclosure you should use an infrared heat gun on the floor of the enclosure WITHOUT the substrate. Your snake can burrow down and push the substrate aside if it needs more warmth, so you need to make sure that the floor of the enclosure doesn't get too hot for your snake.
Also, how thick is the layer of substrate you are using? It shouldn't be a problem for a BP to push aside the cypress to get to the floor of the enclosure since you only need a layer about half an inch thick.
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