Another humidity question!

[turn_key_cop]

I can't seem to keep the humidity up for my rtb. I have the water dish on the warm side and I mist under the heat lights. I get the humidity up around 55-60 and then it drops again. I come home an hour or two later and it has dropped to 40. My rtb is also shedding right now. What can I do to make her more comfortable?

[haroldo359]

to help shed you can soak it regularly. as for getting the humidity up, maybe someone else can give you more ideas. i struggle with that too sometimes. what type of enclosure is it?

[Lore333]

what type of enclose? what size encloser? the temps? howmany water dishes? please give more specifics. if its an aquarium put some plexiglass over half and put a wet towel over that. plus try putting more water dishes

[turn_key_cop]

wrong button

[turn_key_cop]

It is a thirty gallon aquarium type. It has a screen top. I am using a single water dish on the warm end and am using two heat lamps. 100 watt on warm end and a 75 watt on the cool end. I have just put a damp towell over the center and am going to add another water dish in a minute.

[haroldo359]

you are gonna have problems with humidity with that set-up. you don't have any sort of under tank heat? maybe that would allow you to not have overhead heat on both sides. and you are gonna have to cover a great deal of that screen top to get humidity up, maybe a piece of glass or plexi. how big is the water dish?

[thetupak]

well all i can tell you is what i said in the other post and get ride of that screen top and really shouldnt have that other heatlamp on the cool side with all those heatlamps its drying out the air
and what kind of substrate are you using

[turn_key_cop]

Thank you. I removed the light on the cool end and covered that end of the screen top with a damp towell. The humidity is now up to 72% and the temps. are staying pretty good. Thank you for the help. I am trying to get the hang of this without punishing the snake.

[turn_key_cop]

I forgot. I am using "carefresh" for substrate.

[haroldo359]

good luck.

[thetupak]

ya it just takes alittle time to get use to things
good luck

[captainmorgan]

With a 30gallon I'd go from a 100W down to a 75W. What's your temps on the warmer side? Another thing you can do is change substrate. I use the ecoearth blocks. The ones where you just add water and it expands ALOT. I've never had problems with humidity, mites that you can get from aspen and stuff, sure the cleanup isn't the easiest but it's better than that repti bark I've tried and that stuff loves to mold. I have 2 spray bottles that I mist with to bump it up to 80% when they shed. It's normally at 55-60%. If I want all I do is dump a cup of water throughout the tank and bam, instant humidity. I also recommend a heating pad that you can put under the tank. This way it will help heat the dirt and help the moisture evaporate. I have some LONG overdue pics coming.

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[turn_key_cop]

With the 100 watt light, My temps. are low. About 81-86 on the warm side and 71-78 on the cool side. I am using a heating pad also. Humidity is good since covering with damp towell last night. I may have to go buy a 150 watt light to keep the temps. right.

[captainmorgan]

and this is a 30 gallon?? man, that's odd to me. do you run the AC alot?? lol... do you by any chance have a pic of the setup you can post? is the thermometer working? I don't disbelieve you, just weird that in a 30gal tank a 100W bulb isn't doing the trick. I have a 40gal breeder and a 75W bulb is great for me. maybe your's is taller than mine. gl

[thetupak]

might have to do with the temp in the house and i tried that ecoearth and didnt like it cause it gets under there scales

[captainmorgan]

haven't had that problem as of yet that I've noticed.