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watering down the snake and enclosure

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Tenacious_Ash

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i was thinknig, when i get my corn snake. is it a bad idea to maybe buy a spray bottle (those ones that spray water on flowers) and fill it with room temperatre water, and squirt it from a distance into the enclosure once a week? to make it seem more natural and humid. please give me your opinions and maybe advice if you have done this before.

THANKS
 
Well I dont know other peoples exp, but I spray down my cage 3 times a day. Well I did when I had my plant in there. My snakes did fine...Infact too fine. They started burrowing into my plant and uprooted it LoL it slowly began to die :( Ohh well atleast they enjoyed it. I just need to buy another plant now.
 
I spray my vivs twice a day to help keep the humidity up; this is very helpful during shedding, as well.
Neil
 
the humidity in my viv is alway's around 55/60% when they shed i wil spray, but just twice a day or a week or so!
 
mist spraying

i mmist spray once a day because its naturally humid down here in Louisiana and 3 times a day during shed time along with a damp paper towel in their hides during shed time one peice shed!!!
 
Ash,

If you're really worried about the humidity (a valid concern since too much causes respiratory infections) you could get a humidity gauge and only mist when the humidity is low. I have a plastic enclosure and heat mat and as long as I keep her water bowl on the warm side of the enclosure it's fine. I have a humidity gauge but I rarely ever think to check it! Lol. Seriously though, my snake is fine, never had any bad sheds since she's been in my care (except that first one the day after I brought her home).
 
Well, during "normal times" (when my snakes aren't in shed), I keep the water bowl on the cool side. But when the humidity is especially low or when they're in shed, I move it to the warm side. The water evaporates and the humidity rises. I like to keep it at around 60 when he's in shed.
 
Sorry Ash, I didn't mean to imply that everyone should have their water dish on the warm side. It does make the water evaporate faster and make the air more humid and if you're already misting or it's humid in your area naturally, you wouldn't need to do that. In my area it's not humid for most of the year and I find that I can't keep the humidity high enough unless I put the bowl there. Of course, this means changing it pretty well every day because the water will evaporate if I don't... Lol.
 
well i live in the north east of england, so we rarely ever get humid days. So i could do that. if i am misting, when shedding comes around, i will stop that and if need be, move the water bowl to the warm end sometimes. i won't go overboard.
 
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