Quote Originally Posted by Pine View Post
I have had snakes sense the mid 1960s.
The simple ones like Eastern Hognose, Milkshakes, Garters and Cornsnakes.
But I never had any that required higher temperatures and humidity.
Last August I got my first Ball and she was rescue. Assist fed for almost 3 months and she had to be helped to shed the first few times.
Then I got two more Balls and set one up with a misting system and the first one got a mister too.
I then thought about a fogger, tried one on the third Ball and after a couple days, I got it dialed in.
Now for my amazing me discovery, the Viv with the fogger after 3 months is still clean looking and the humidity is more stable than the other two.
Both of the other Vivs have white fungus in patches and constantly have a couple wet spots with the rest of the substrate dry as a bone.
The humidity just doesn't stabilize.
But I don't have any other issues with the snakes.
So just today I got two more Herptile Humidifiers and I'm switching them out with the misters.
Love these snakes but they are a lot more work than my corns and Hoggies.
I'm not a biologist but I think the fogger works better because it doesn't get the substrate soaked and thus promoting fungus growth.
This is very interesting to me because, this summer my pythons are thriving in the environment I live in. I have one hognose that we had to bring up a dehumidifier and put both in our room. Just to keep his humidity under 50%!

I might have to spray and mix one or two substrates every few weeks