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I have a 6ft vision cage that is giving me fits. I have covered up the back of the cage and placed a large rubbermaid contanier of water in there over a heater. For some reason the humidity will not raise or stay consistent, it usually around 50 but my retic has yet to have a good shed. I use newspaper instead of that other bedding because it got to messy. All over the floor and was just a pain, plus he got stuff in his mouth all the time. So does anyone have suggestions of what I can do next. Would a smaller rubbermaid over the heater be better because the water would be warmer?
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0.2 Rotts
1.0 Super Tiger
0.1 Green Burm
0.1 Ball Python
0.1 Red Tail
0.1 Blood Python
1.0 Green Ananconda

really only two things affect humidity:

1) Getting the water airborne, water bowl/bin over heater works well. Larger surface areas of water work better.

2) Keeping that airborne water in the cage. Limiting ventilation is the only real way to do this. Your snakes does not need large volumes of fresh air. My hatchling BRBs are in the boaphile 30 tub racks and the tubs have no holes. Only a little leakage at the top. They are damn near 100% humidity. Droplet forming on the ceiling, front always misted over.
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Thanks,

Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

0.1 Wife (WC)
0.2 kids (CBB)
4.12 Brazilian Rainbow Boa
2.1 Hypomelanistic BRB
0.1 Het for Hypomelanistic BRB
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1.0 BCI albino / het-anery
0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
0.1 BCI Anery / het-albino
0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)
1.0 BCI albino het stripe
1.0 BCI salmon hypo
0.1 BCI ghost

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