Humidity Discussion

[CWilson13]

Hello everybody. I couldn't find a thread in this section about what everybody uses to maintain our more humid friendly herps, so I figured I would see how this goes.

I am just curious about what methods you all use, I am considering a mister or fogger for my E. cenchria cenchria (Brazilian Rainbow Boa) as opposed to my current method of continuously manually misting her enclosure throughout the day.
So, what, if any, methods do you all use for your herps?

 

[acpart]

I don't know much about snakes, but I find that my Rhacs (and cresteds) and day geckos do fine with :
planted enclosure
small water dish to aid in humidity
piece of plexiglass laid over the top of the enclosure to hold in some of the humidity without suppressing all ventilation
single misting daily

Aliza

 

[CWilson13]

Thanks Aliza! I know I put this in Other Herps but I really was looking for a general discussion on humidity methods for all Herps.
As far as my Boa goes, I am looking into possible live plants for her viv. The water dish and misting just don't seem to get the job done.

 

[CWilson13]

So, at the Expo today I made it a point to ask around about the methods some of the breeders used for maintaining humidity. Nobody really said anything about using misters or foggers. Everyone seems to just rely on minimal airflow (on species that do not require full circulation) and regular misting of the substrate.

 

[CWilson13]

Well, I finally went and got a humidifier to turn into a fogger. It took some patience and tweaks but I finally have it set just right. Still interested in live plants though.
I'd love to build a bioactive viv for Pandora.

 

[Yoshi'smom]

I have many Rhacs and just use a mister twice a day. Once in the am and once before bedtime. I have the exact opposite of a green thumb so it's a no go with plants in my enclosures. lol

 

[CWilson13]

What kind of setup(s) do you have for them?

 

[Yoshi'smom]

Most are now in modified tubs as they are easy to clean and hold better humidity. I still have a few left in vertically converted tanks.

 

[CWilson13]

Ah ok, I thought about converting my spare 20L and getting a Crested for my wife but she actually picked out my female Leo instead. For now we are sticking to the species we have, but I would love to expand one day.

 

[Yoshi'smom]

Yeah, we're breeding both Crested's and Garg's this upcoming season. So soon, We'll have a bunch of little ones. If you're looking in the future, let me know. I already have a few for sale on my Iherp. I'm very very thankful to be able to follow my dream and breed.
Not that you probably need persuading. *wink wink*

 

[CWilson13]

Won't be expanding for a couple years but I should still be around here then nope, persuading me to get more Herps is like persuading Arya to eat lol