Hi,

Don't know if anyone remembers. But I'm the one who was looking into buying a BRB a few months back. Well, I got my baby. A gorgeous little 8 week old female from Randy Wright's reptiles. She's a doll. And a great eater. Her name is Nyoka (means "snake"



I guess not too uncommon to BRB keepers, I am having a little trouble keeping the humidity high enough. The cage is always wet (unfortunatly the humidity won't stay high if the cage is just damp, so it always ends up being very, very soggy). So far humidity ranges from 90% when the fogger is on, to 60% when I haven't misted in a couple hours. I'de like to find a happy medium where the cage can just be moist, not swampy, and the humidity can be higher at the same time.



I've got a 20 gallon tank. Lid is half glass/half mesh. Mesh side is covered with acrylic leaving just enough opening for the heat light. I did have a heating pad, but it stopped working. And I wasn't thrilled with the way it heated the ground to what felt like too hot, but didn't warm the air at all.



The hot side of the tank (which she rarely goes to) ranges from 86-90. The cooler side goes from 75-85 depending on the time of day.



I have a bubbling bowl which adds some moisture to that corner, but does nothing for the rest of the cage. I bought a small pump to add a running water feature to the cage, but that made it way too wet everywhere (an inch of water at the bottom of the tank). So I took that out and instead put in a fogger. Which is absolutly awesome. The problem is, it only "fogs" for about 15 minutes max. Then, the water level drops and it shuts off. So, to effectively get it to work I have to add more water contstantly. :



I do mist the cage twice a day. But I'm worried it's not enough. And I don't want to always have to do that. After all, that is why I keep snakes. They're low maintenance. (yeah, right LOL)



I was using paper towels but they weren't absorbant enough as a substrate, so I switched to puppy pee-pads. They're ok. But once they're wet they seem to cool off a lot.. so the air is warm, but it seems like the ground is always cool?



Anyways, I was hoping someone would know of an affordable way to get maybe an automatic sprayer/mister/fogger thing which I can set to turn on multiple times per day, so that I only have to tend to watering and all that once a day if possible. I can't figure how to do that. Likewise, anyone know where to get an affordable thermostat to hook the light and a heating pad to? I was told you can get them "anywhere" for 10 bucks. The only thermostats I've found are at pet stores for about $50!



Thanks for any help you can provide. Sorry this was so long. I just love my baby and want to get everything right!

(I'm going to crosspost this on the Boa forum since I'm not sure how active this one is. I haven't been here in a long time)

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