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Ok, so I have always used a rack system for all of my snakes. Thus I have neevr had a problem keeping the humidity where it needs to be. Now I have one of my little beauties in a 10 gallon tank with a screen top. For the life of me I cannot think of how to keep the humidity up. What do you guys think?
 
you should get a humidity lamp for over top of the snakes cage and just keep a watch to make sure its not to hot.
 
I use almost all glass tanks with screen tops and humidity isn't usually a problem. When it is especially low, like below 40%, I mist the tanks once or twice a day if one of the snakes is in a shed cycle and if I remember.
 
Flagg said:
I use almost all glass tanks with screen tops and humidity isn't usually a problem. When it is especially low, like below 40%, I mist the tanks once or twice a day if one of the snakes is in a shed cycle and if I remember.
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I have all 3 of mine in screen topped tanks. And I also do what Flagg does. Just mist once a day while thier in shed. You could also put in a moist hide when they go in blue. Otherwise I wouldn't think the humidity should be much of a problem. Good Luck.
 
When you want to increase the humidity, when the snake is blue, you can put plastic wrap over the top, and then adjust as necessary. You can add a larger water bowl, sprinkle the aspen, and mist the underside of the plastic wrap. Make sure you use a humidistat, though- I've gotten my humidity up into the 90's this way...

Nanci
 
If my snakes are in shed I will accidently on purpose tip their waterbowls out on the warm end and leave them too it. Or I will seldomly give their tubs a light mist. I dont see humidity as an issue with any of the species I keep until they are in shed. Only after they have cleared from blue will I mist and up the humidity. I have never had a bad shed yet...

Pssstt I also never offer waterbowls big enough for them to get into. I do however make more of an issue with humidity for the royals during shed as they are prone to bad sheds if you dont time upping the humidity perfectly.
 
I sprinkle coconut bark chips on top of my aspen. It holds water longer and keeps the humidity up. I will also drape a towel over 3/4 the top of the tank to help keep in humidity along with daily misting during blue cycles.
 
Tula- Yea shhhhh...but i was actually talking about my red-tail I was just seein gwhat other peopel do for humidty. Thanks for the info guys.
 
I find that putting wet paper towel over part of the screen lid has worked perfectly for me. I just keep it wet and it keeps the humidity where it needs to be. ;)


---Kenny
 
dryness is a factor in my house on a daily basis.. so I usually mist once a day whether my corn is in shed or not. I usually do it around lunch time. I find that by doing that the snakes never had a bad shed and I have piece of mind that it gets adequate moisture no matter what.. even though its water bowl is large enough for it to soak in. I also use spaghnum peat moss so that helps to hold some moisture in.
 
I was having this problem too -- mostly in the RTB cage, but all have been a challange to keep the humidity in. I went out and bought a piece of plexiglass from the local hardware store -- 30" x 30" for only about $10.00. I have most critter cages with the sliding lids, but I also have some normals with a lift off top. I cut pieces of plexiglass to fit over the portions of the tops that did not have heat lamps. I drilled a few wholes in them just so they still will allow for the exchange of air. These things have worked wonders on the humidity. I still mist, but at one point with the boa, I was misting like 5 to 6 times a day, and I mean misting. He was getting ticked off with getting so wet, but to keep the temp up, it would evaporate quickly. The corns weren't as bad, but this has definetly helped.
 
Goodness, where do you all live?


I live in a desert (we average at 11 inches of rain annually I believe) and I don't have a... humidity measurer gadget.... but I'm sure it's pretty much dry. I had to put damp bread in a ziploc to get it to mold for a science project, and during the winter we can leave popcorn or potato chips out just open on the counter and they don't go stale. ;) Surprisingly however, even though I rarely mist the cages, I almost always have perfect sheds. Once the very tip of Mara's tail stayed on, but that's about it. (We'll see how the new corns go though).

One of these days I'm going to buy a fancy thermometer/humidity guage thingy. Whee.
 
11 inches of rain on average? That's not the desert...I average 4 inches a year...THAT'S the desert :D...but we do occasionally get an inch or two of snow a year...this year we got 1/2"...

But even so, I can keep my screen-top aquariums at a relative humidity of 30% with only occasional misting...
 
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