Humidity (Struggling with my humidty)

[Boakepper]

I have a 2.4l x 1.2w x 1.2h cage and i am struggling with my humidty i have to spray everynight to keep my humidty at 50% i have bark chips on the cold side and on the hot side i have 2 heating pads can some one please tell me how to keep my humidity up and how many heating pads should i have in a cage this size as my tempreture on the how side stays at 23 so please help me!

Thanks in advance!

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[Psychogav]

It's a large tank but I find if you put a water bowl directly on the heat pad your humidity will rise dramatically.

[Boakepper]

It's a large tank but I find if you put a water bowl directly on the heat pad your humidity will rise dramatically.

I have a big ceramic water bowl on a heating pad but if i dont spray my humidty drops!

Willl it help if i put more heating pads?

[Psychogav]

I would suggest another water bowl on another heat pad. Just my 2 cents.

[Carpetpythons]

I would suggest you only raise the humidity when the snake is due for a shed. Boas occur over a massive area in South America. The boas in South Africa are imperator of origin and they occur in the harsher environments in their home range.

[Boakepper]

I would suggest you only raise the humidity when the snake is due for a shed. Boas occur over a massive area in South America. The boas in South Africa are imperator of origin and they occur in the harsher environments in their home range.

Well now im really confused is there any one who can tell me at what humidity they should stay at if they not shedding and what humidty should they be at when shedding?
Whats the best type of bedding is best? or could some one just direct me to a whole BOA CARE MANUEL for south africa cause i took them from people that where not looking after them and i want to give them the best life possible!

Thanks in advance

[Carpetpythons]

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This book is easy to read and will answer all your questions. Spend the money on it. It's worth it.

[Boakepper]

But why does no one answer questions on here i joined this forum to learn but so far i have learnt jack s**t! And it gets a abit anoying when you take the time to post and reply and no one helps a person!

So here are my QUESTIONS AGAIN!
1 How many heating pads should i have in a snake cage of the size i have! 2.4long x 1.2wide x 1.2high

2 What should the humidty be at when they are not shedding?

3 What should the humidty be at when they are shedding?

4 Whats the best bedding for them?

Now this is all i need no know!

Thanks in advance and sorry just getting irratated that i never get answers!

[Bushviper]

So here are my QUESTIONS AGAIN!
1 How many heating pads should i have in a snake cage of the size i have! 2.4long x 1.2wide x 1.2high

Answer 5 depending on the wattage. They need to be connected to a proper thermostat though or else that does not help.

2 What should the humidty be at when they are not shedding? 65%

3 What should the humidty be at when they are shedding? 75%

4 Whats the best bedding for them? Newspaper

Next time research this a bit then the answers will come to you. Its not difficult.

[Boakepper]

Thank you so much bushviper sorry i got abit annoyed but i have asked many times really appriciate it!

[Bushbaby]

How big is the Boa? I would recommend putting it in a smaller cage (length is good, but the rest is actually just a waste of space. Do you have any lights in the cage?

[Boakepper]

Well iv added a few more heating pads and so far iv got 5 heating pads total putting in a thermostat this weekend!
As for lights i have a florescent light in there and a red light wich i dont use much but im going to upgrade the red light to a 100w light just for when it gets to cold ill use it! Since iv putting more heating pads humidty is quiet good just not where i like it!

[Bushviper]

Have you thought of buying a humidifier from the local chemist. Place this inside a wire cage so the snake does not lie on it and switch that on for a few hours every day. These are the same ones used for children with chest colds.

[Bushbaby]

Don't use the lights. They tend to dry out the air.

[_THEO_]

What has worked for me is to place a large water bowl on the cool side and a nother in the warm side, it could even be on one of the heating pads. By then my humidity is more than 80%.
A close friend of mine had a GTP in an exo-terra glass terrarium. Even with a fogger, that was on permanently, and an 18 watt heating pad he couldn't get the humidity high enough. He then covered the top mesh with a towel and the humidy was fine.
Perhaps by covering SOME vents you could increase the humidity.