I have two cape york spotted pythons; an Adult female and a 6 month old male. When the male is sufficiantly large enough so that the female won't accidentally squash him I am going to move them both into a 60 gallon tank. The latest issue of Reptiles magazine (the Living Vivarium section) had a article about making natural waterfalls, and a previous issue talked about adding ferns to the vivarium. I thought that would be a cool thing to do to the 60 gallon. My question is will the humidity level of a tropical forest vivarium be too high for two spotted pythons? I live in the Mojave Desert so the natural humidity of my area is 0%! (Don't try to raise chameleons here!) Right now I have them in separate tanks each with Reptibark, branches, hides, and Vision waterbowls with small holes cut in the bottom. Typically this type of set up would privide the normal amount of humidity that spotteds require, but because of where I live if they don't soak themselves or I don't mist properly they still have difficult sheds. I describe my area and set-up because in an area with normal humidity levels I "assume" that putting a spotted python in a tropical forest vivarium could cause RI from the humidity, but in my area would the humidity level of the vivarium be a problem? Also would spotteds have any problem with ferns? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

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• Tropical Forest Vivarium? - vulcan, Wed Apr 14 17:17:07 2004