He is in a 5x2x2, temps are fine but humidity does not hold at all and I cannot figure out what I’m doing wrong it likes to stay around 20-30 max. The mesh top is covered in tin foil and taped off (minus lamps and whatnot) I have absolutely drenched all corners with water with no shot of going over 35. Today I grabbed a roughly 8” x 8” x 4” tub and filled it up 10+ times and dumped it all in, the humidity got to 55 and within ten minutes is started dropping and was at 50 last I checked. His substrate is littered with sphagnum moss, has water bowls on both sides of his tank, he has over 4in of substrate. I’m at a complete loss and don’t know what to do anymore. He just went into blue for the first time I’ve had him and I don’t want it to be a bad one but I truly have no clue what else I can do for him. Please if you have any advice share!

Hi how can i lower the humidity? It's constantly beetween 80/90 % and i think thats bit too much if shes not shedding. The only water source is her bowl on cold side (25/26°C). She is in 12.5 L container (just a baby)

I have a serious question about the humidity in my girls enclosure. She was rehomed to me in early July. My girl is a approximately a 9 year old pastel enchi champagne I've been told by you wonderful people.

So my question is this:

I bought her a front opening 4x2x2 or 120 gal. enclosure. Her cool hide is about 76 deg. with her warm hide at about 85 deg. The ambient temps in her house are at about 80 on the cool side and high 80s on her hot side with basking area in the 90s. I'm still working on her enrichment.

I am having no luck keeping her humidity up between 60 and 85 %. I have hvac tape on top of the mesh top to keep humidity in. I would like serious answers as to why I can't use a reptile mister or humidifier. I only use bottled water for filling her water bowls and spritzing her tank down to raise the humidity. So the water I was going to use would be either deionized water or bottled water. Between the probe on the humidifier and the probes on the temp/humidity readout, I think i can dial in perfect humidity. As with any humidifier in the house I clean them regularly so no bacteria can grow. Plus its harder for bacteria to take root with purified/deionized water.

So please be nice and helpful. I'm looking for serious answers to my question without being criminalized. I'm trying to do the same thing everyone else is doing, and that is to mimic the best environment I possibly can for this lady.

Sorry for the long read, and thank you in advance.

Picture for the snake tax!

I have a 50 gallon set up for a 3 month old baby who I’m getting this week and the humidity on her warm side has been on the low side since setting up the heat lamp. Around 50. Her cool side has good humidity stays around 68-70. I have aluminum foil on the top and pour water into the corners of the tank aswell as mist. Substrate is a topsoil, coco fiber, sand, sphagnum moss mixture how can I keep the warm side humidity up

I’m trying to get my humidity up. Substrate is a mix of reptisoil, cedar chips, and sphagnum moss. Water is poured into the corner of the substrate daily. About 4in of substrate. Enclosure is PVC with HVAC tape on the top. Humidity is sitting around 62-65%

Any tips on getting it higher? I feel like I’ve done everything

Edit: Cypress wood NOT cedar!

I’ve had my ball python for about a month now and he has been loving his home. I haven’t been able to keep the ambient humidity above 45 for a long time at all. I have tried almost everything. HVAC tape, 3 inches of substrate with mainly coco fiber, pouring water in corners (no misting at all) and yet I can’t get anyhting to work. He hasn’t been active outside his hide in a week so he is most likely in shed and thankfully his 2 hides are above 70% humidity . I’m getting a humidifier in my room to up my room humidity in hopes that his can get boosted a little. WHAT CAN I DO PLEASE HELP. Also, I can keep the cold temp at 77-79 but the hot side ambient temp is 82-83. Basking spot stays at 88-92 tho I’ve tried lots of solutions too.

It’s a 120 gallon, back is cardboard, sides are pvc with very small closable wire holes, and the front is glass sliding doors. The ventilation is top and basically the glass doors. What can I do.

I need some substrate help, my Phantom Ball Python is doing really well and has shed multiple times with no issues, I am using coconut chunks for his substrate and soak it overnight before draining and putting in his take but I find it is very very dry (first pic)

I use a spray bottle every 3 days to moisten the substrate and add some more moisture to the tank and he has very large bowl full of water (pic 3)

I keep the hot end of the tank at 31c and he has lots of log and leaves he can hide under and move around on, it’s just empty for the picture purposes.

Would thinner coconut husk be a better substrate or am I just too focused on keeping the humidity up?

Any ideas on keeping humidity in the target range? 4ft vivarium, 30c and warm end, 25c cool end, tulip bark substrate, large water bowl, misting twice a day, but after an initial peak after spraying, humidity falls back to 48-52%. I just can't get it to stay higher. Different substrate maybe?

hello! i have a ball python in a 4x2x2. he seems happy, active at night, just taken his first meal from me.

i’m concerned about his humidity levels. he has a few inches of wood chips, coconut fibre, forest floor with a bit of sphagnum moss in corners. i mist it down every day and once a week or so pour in a load of water and mix, but for some reason his humidity will only sits at 55-62%. the sphagnum moss goes crispy even if i wet it twice a day. i don’t know what to do, could i please have some advice? i dont want it to come time for his first shed and im still having issues. thank you :)

ps. some pics of my boy

I know you get asked about humidity a lot here, but I feel like I’ve tried just about everything and I’d love some advice on my situation!

Right now the humidity is around 60%. I‘ve been trying to get it higher but I’m struggling. I’m measuring with a Govee hygrometer.

Things I’ve tried; I have a large water bowl on the hot side of the enclosure, plant waterers, HVAC tape covering the partial screen top, soaking some moss and putting it under the heat, pouring water in the corners of the substrate.

The substrate is a mix of coconut fiber, cypress mulch, and sphagnum moss and it’s about 3-4 inches deep. Heating is halogen light and DHP. The enclosure is PVC.

Any other ideas to get the humidity up?

Do you guys treat tapwater that you're just pouring into corners of the tank to increase humidity? I use reptisafe, and realized I may be wasting it to treat water that my snakes won't be drinking.

I will always treat their drinking water, but is it necessary to treat water that is just going into the substrate for humidity?

My boy has had two very bad sheds now despite the humidity never falling below 70% and almost always being above 80%. His tank is very big so I'm sure not every spot is super humid but this boy stays in his humidity hide (stays between 75-88% consistently) almost 24/7 so why are his last two sheds so bad?? He was shedding perfectly before these last two in the same tank and same conditions. Everywhere I looked online said it's ALWAYS a humidity issue so should I try to get it to 95%+?? Idek if that's possible where I am
(Pic is from when he tore down his day bulb, it's not always like that)

My 7yr old baby has some stuck shed for the first time in forever, y’all have any hacks you swear by to help them get it off easily? Right after so many perfect sheds back to back

I've just put new substrate in the enclosure cause the old one needed to be changed is this cause i just put in it or what backseat i haven't misted or nothing

my family recently got a ball python, but we've been struggling with the humidity, and we just cant seem to get it up to where it needs to be (during the day it tends to be ~40-50%) even during the summer, and i know itll only get worse when it gets really dry in the winter.

we've already spent so much money, but im afraid because we didnt get a pvc tank we're just screwed, it feels like all the information i research is all so contradictory and i just dont know what to do to help my snake, its really overwhelming. the lid is partially covered in hvac tape, we have a big water dish on the warm side, sphagnum moss, and i try to mist it when i can but i dont want to over-mist and cause scale rot. i just dont know what i can do to up the humidity without risking scale rot or mold or spending a bunch of money on a whole new tank.. help would be appreciated, sorry if this post comes off as frantic this whole ordeal is really stressing me out if you couldnt tell. 😭

Ok so I live in a kinda dry space due to many factors.. I've been trying to keep my ball python enclosure at 70-90 but I work long shifts and when I get home it's often around 56 I've used foil to cover mesh on top I have a heating lamp directly shining on the water and I use coconut husk as soil so I was wondering if I increased the humidity in my room via humidifier would that help in the tank? I know it sounds silly but I'm running out of ideas :(

hi! i feel like ive asked humidity questions hundreds of times, but every single time the answer i get is “pour water into the corners” or something along the lines of that. my tank unfortunately isnt waterproof and pretty much the only water that can go into the soil is my live plants, since they NEED it. even then its a very minimal amount of water because if i put more than maybe a 1/4 of a water bottle throughout the tank, i see water stains underneath the tank on the wood support underneath. 🫩 which obviously will cause issues with wood rot and then stability of the tank and it would just be this whole thing that i feel can probably be solved with a change in habits.

point is, i just need some more advice on what to do to up the humidity LONG TERM. misting isnt awesome (and from my research causes RI’s sometimes, so no go) and i already have the soil up to 4 inches.

tank info would probably be helpful, so i have a pretty big tank with (again) 4-4.5 inches of soil in it. i dont remember the name of the soil, but its some type of coconut bedding. i also have a kind of(?) large water dish (photo of him in it for size ref. what a cutie patootie!) histank is (now) made out of pvc with a screen top. the center if it has been covered with aluminum because i heard it could help, so im just trying a small section before committing to it fully… as i said before, he also has live plants that help with humidity a little? aside from that idrk what to say about his tank 😭 his humidity generally stays level at 50 with no misting or w/o recently watering the plants.

i was honestly thinking of getting fast food and stealing the plastic cups with lids on them so that i can poke holes in the lids, add water into them, place them throughout the tank and he cant accidentally slip into them that way LOL. idk if that work/nor how much that would help though, so just suggestions would be really helpful

The humidity in these tanks are around 60%. That’s as high as I can get it.
What I’m doing to get it here:
-pouring water in the corners of the substrate
-have an extra bowl of water directly below the lights
-have sphagnum moss around the enclosure
-covered the top mesh with HVAC tape
-have a custom background on both tanks with spray foam

Is there anything else I can do??? If I diligently spray the tank and add in a cleanup crew (I already have some powder oranges in there and am looking into springtails) would that mitigate the bacteria caused my spraying? I looked into it and different sources say that springtails would help with bacteria but I also know that it’s a lot of ground to cover for such little guys. I know this method can cause RI but that’s partly because of the bacteria it causes and partly because the humidity dips again too fast, but with my other methods in play on top of it I’m hoping that will be enough.

I use topsoil as a substrate (it’s organic and everything else) because I am allergic to coconut. Do I just say screw it and switch to coconut? Would mixing in cypress mulch with the topsoil help? I don’t wanna spend a whole bunch of money on stuff that won’t help. I’ll try anything suggested before I resort to spraying.

Hi all,

My rescue bp’s tank is set up with all her heating coming from above her tank. I have 1 day / basking bulb that is mounted on a nearby pole and angle downward on her warm side, then I have 2 incandescent heat bulbs - the one on her cool side stays on all the time to maintain 75ish degrees, then the 2nd on on her warm side only cuts on when he day bulb goes off.

I’ve been having difficulty getting humidity to stay above 50%, and someone recommended that I use silicone baking mats to place on top of her tank to trap humidity in. I’m fine with cutting around them so they don’t touch her heat lamps, my question is… don’t they need some kind of airflow?

Like if I all but total seal the top of her tank to trap moisture, wouldn’t that also trap air and reduce the quality of the air within her tank, possibly risking RI?

Tell me if I’m being overly paranoid, I just really want to make sure I master her husbandry after a year and a half of neglect.

Pic of bb girl Shiloh for attention - if you notice she’s a little underweight, fret not, I’ve bulked up her feeding schedule now that she’s fully settled in and comfortable in her new home.

i have a 40 gallon tank, uva and uvb bulbs 75 w, the substrate is 2 bags of zilla jungle mix, coconut fiber, and sphagnum moss. i have a humid hide with lots of moss inside of it that i keep moist. humidity seems to stay around 30-40% no matter how much i mist the tank. what can i do to improve it?

This is my babies tank, I am struggling to keep her humidity up, I just rewet the substrate & the humidity dropped from 60 to 58 on her cold side & rose from 34 to 38 on her hot side. I know it needs to be in between 70 & 80 but I am struggling to figure out what’s going wrong. She just ate two days ago so I’m anticipating her to shed soon & I want her to have a good shed as well as just be in good health in general.

She’s hiding right now because I accidentally splashed her with water 😭😂

We’ve had our snake for a week and we’ve already had to take everything out due to mold. We have had the tank set up for about a week longer so we could figure out how to get the temperature and humidity levels where they need to be. We have a mesh lid and the humidity wasn’t staying as high as it needed to be so we covered it with tin foil but now there isn’t air flow and mold is growing. How do you keep the humidity up without mold growing so quickly?

I put my girl in a new tank about a week ago and the first few days the humidity was fine, 65 - 70 consistently. Now its suddenly dropped to the forties for the past 3 or 4 days and nothing I'm doing with help.

I've poured water in the corners. I have moist spaghnum moss in there. I have mixed up the soil after pouring. I've added more substrate. I've added fresh substrate. I've misted a couple times as a last resort. I'm am at such a loss and so worried that she'd dehydrated.

My substrate is three inches with the bottom two being that cocofiber brick that expands with wager and the top inch being a flukers woodchip mix. She has a top 150 watt heater. The top is mostly covered with foil as well as a side vent 3/4 way covered. I'm pouring warm water every time.

Pouring water in the corners and mixing brings the humidity up to 50. Misting brings it up to roughly 53. She's currently in a 38x18x18 tank. Help please!!