Thread: humidity
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Old 04-10-2002, 12:24 PM   #5
sue frederick
you can buy little hygrometers at the pet shops or order them online. Put it on the substrate in your tank and you will get a reading. Ways to increase the humidity besides the ones listed above are to cover up part of your screen top (if you use a screen top) also make sure the temps don't increase in this case, use an undertank heater (UTH) instead of a heat lamp (heat lights dry out the air). You can also provide a humidity chamber - which is just a box with a lid with a hole for the snake to go in and out of filled with damp spagnum moss or damp aspen. Keep an eye on the moss or aspen and replace it as needed to avoid mold or mildew, though. Ways to decrease your humidity if necessary (kind of obvious) are to use a heat lamp instead of an UTH, provide a small water dish, and use a glass aquarium with a screen top.
sue frederick