Misting

[danimal]

I'm cheap, and lazy. So I was thinking about ways to mist the habitat to help with the humidity. Using a regular spray bottle is a pita, I have to mist 2-3 times a day and it takes probably a minute of constant pumping on the handle to get everything damp enough. By then a lot of heat has escaped.

I was walking thru Lowe's yesterday and found the perfect solution without going into the expense of an automatic mister- one of those weed killer/pesticide pump bottles that pressurize and have a nice long tube and wand with a nozzle on the end. Now, a few pumps on the handle, I can open the cage just a crack, stick the end of the wand in, mist to my heart's content and get more moisture in there in 10 seconds than I could with 2 minutes of furious misting with the spray bottle.

It is a 2 gallon container, and it was on sale for 12 bucks.

[Freakie_frog]

Or your could cover the top of the tank with tin foil and Duct tape and not have to mist at all.

[danimal]

The cage is completely enclosed, but it's pretty large and has 2 heat lamps in it so it dries out if I don't mist. And sorry, no tin foil and duct tape, I don't think my wife would like the looks of that in our family room!

[Freakie_frog]

The cage is completely enclosed, but it's pretty large and has 2 heat lamps in it so it dries out if I don't mist. And sorry, no tin foil and duct tape, I don't think my wife would like the looks of that in our family room!

You have a few more options then one is to use a UTH or RHP and get rid of the lights, or keep doing like you've been doing and just mist the crap out of the cage.

Best of luck. !

[danimal]

RHP is about the only other option, since it's a wooden enclosure and the wood is 3/4" thick, a UTH isn't practical.

I was thinking about this dog house heater. I emailed the people who make it and he said they sell a lot of them to reptile keepers. It's got a thermostat on it and isn't real expensive:

http://www.houndheater.com/products.php#houndheater

[ohyeahnow]

Do you see the sticker that says hot? I would want to know how hot. Snakes do have the same ability a warm blooded dog does. If it gets too hot the dog will stay clear, the snake might not. Pet stores sell a lot of heat rocks for snakes as well.

What substrate do you use?

[danimal]

I did see that sticker. There is a heat shield that goes on top, I figured that'd take care of having the hot part exposed to the snake.

I use aspen as substrate.