hides and humidity

I have a question followed by a statement. The question....I live in Colorado where is is very dry and now with snow my heat is on......how can I slightly increase the humidity for my lil guys????
I have also found a neat hide. I was using papertowel rolls cut in half with a hole. I was at work yesterday and we got posters. The tubes the posters come in are cardboard, firmer and larger. Obviously papertowel holders are for younger snakes. I think once cut the poster holders are sturdier and will last longer as far as growth goes. Just my 2 cents... any humidity ideas would be appreciated.

One way to increase the humidity is to place another waterbowl on the warm side of the vivarium.

I'm not one to correct spelling normally, but on your signature you mean 'butt' not 'but'

HTH

I use a humidifier thru the winter months. I actually purchased it to relieve my sinus problems and it ended up helping with the humidity in the snakes enclosures.

Good idea for a hide

Here's what I do for humidity hides - my corn & ball python LOVE em...they're in 40 & 70 gal tanks though, this wouldn't work for smaller enclosures & rack systems I guess...

Sterilite plastic shoe box with lid. Soaked & squeezed-out sphagnum moss inside. Hole cut in the end (& smoothed round the edges of the hole) for access. Lid on, it stays moist for ages & fresh for quite some time. Actually I stack two in each tank, under the heat lamp. That way the top one, nearer the light, is warmer, & the bottom is cooler. If they absolutely get cold, they can bask on top the box if they want to (not usually).

So there's half my hides right there - I like a warm-dry, cool-dry, warm-moist, & cool-moist. The corn burrows through the moss & the fatty-loaf ball python mats it down

Other stuff I have for hides at the moment are:

cereal boxes
cracker boxes
frozen veggie boxes
oatmeal canisters
paper towel tubes
CD rom drive box
kleenex boxes
US priority mail boxes (the flattish ones)

.....you get the idea. It's not very pretty...I started out wanting pretty & maybe I'll return to it when we're living elsewhere...but it's free, recycled, & they can poop/pee on stuff & I can just throw it away & replace it. They seem to like the variety, too, cause it changes.

-Kimhotep