Quote Originally Posted by ApathyAngel View Post
I always use coconut husk, and it's been great. Holds in humidity great, but it's also more humid where you live than where I live, so you may not need that as much. Paper towel may end up still being fine.

I honestly don't know what the supposed issue is with winter. I live in the desert. No ambient humidity. And my snakes have been fine every winter. Takes me 60 seconds twice a day to spray the tank, and it's great. If nothing else, you can always make a humidity box out of a tupperware container and damp sphagnum moss.

It's literally not hard.

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Winters here, and in Canada, get very cold. So we rely on artificial heat to warm our homes. The artificial heat dries the air out like crazy. Relative humidity drops drastically. Our enclosures also need artificial heat. Again, dries enclosures right out. So the combination makes things more difficult and more expensive.
Your dessert climate is very different. That's why there's no "one size fits all" answer to many questions regarding husbandry.

I'm by no means saying it's not possible. I'm just saying there are easier and more economical ways.