The right humidity?

[JMesser]

What is the right humidity for a BP? I have been told that 50-60% is ok but when they start to shead u want it a little higher. I got this Humidity thing and finally got it working right and its up to 65% humidity is that ok?

	Ball Python The Ball Python (Python regius), also known as the Royal Python, is a ground dwelling snake native to the savannahs and rain forests in western Africa, predominatly the countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

[Adrya]

I think 65% is fine.

[gjmccag]

65 sounds good

[JMesser]

ok cool thanks.

[brownsfan222]

yea a little bit lower might be lower, i think they can get scale rot if its too wet, but thats like 85 percent constantly so you should be good. the hardest part of keeping tropical snakes to me is humidity so good job!

[JMesser]

thanks, well its easy, lol get a tropical aire humidity thing, get a 40 gallon tank, get and 1500 air pump with a 20 gallon air pump, add and extra hole in the thing cuase the guy ended up giving u to small of and air pump, get frustrated, and then cover the whole screen top with plastic wrap, and pow u are at 65% to the T lol

[brownsfan222]

lol how does the air pump give humidity?

[jshrad]

Hello,

You could even up the humidity to around 80% FOR THE SHED, if you maintain humidity that high, it will cause respiratory problems. 50-60 is perfect for normal humidity. I don't even up mine during a shed, my BP takes advantage of his water bowl and kinda regulates himself.

	Ball Python The Ball Python (Python regius), also known as the Royal Python, is a ground dwelling snake native to the savannahs and rain forests in western Africa, predominatly the countries of Ghana, Togo, and Benin.

[JMesser]

Well now its up to 70%. so I slid the top of the cage off a little bit to let some out. Ok basically how it works is. u have a tube like for a fish tank send out bubbles under water, u have the container 3/4 oh the way full works the best and u have 2 tubes one going all the way to the buttom to release air, and the other jsut at the top, and with the bubbles constantly forming it makes it very humid in the container, then it pushes it out the top into the tank...... U know what let me jsut take some pics and post them onto here lol

[JMesser]

Pics of the tropical aire thingy......ok here are the pics, the last one I thought it was done and I moved before it was really done, Dang these digy cameras

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