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Hi folks,

I can't get the humidity in my 29 gallon, long tank above 40% with a big water bowl, a cover over half of the screen top, and the basking light hitting part of the water bowl. Any suggestions?

Thanks

aspen bedding with cypress mulch. I fell on this technique about 15 years ago, and it works great. Do you have a screen top? If so try covering 1/2 to 3/4 of it with a piece of plywood or just make a new top with part screen for venilation.
Hope that helps.
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Greg
www.imageevent.com/gmherps

I use the same 29 long setup and was having the same problems.

What I've done were:

I used to mist everday but that raised the humidity a lot for a short period of time so...

I have a piece of cardboard 20" Long covering about 2/3 of the top. I have a 12" diameter waterbowl in the middle of the enclosure and that lets the humditity hold at 40% minimum. I then purchased the Exoterra SMALL waterfall and put it in the cold side of the enclosure and it has effectively raised average relative humidity to 60%.

The waterfall does have some vibration/ambient noises, but my snakes seem to love it. They climb on it daily and occasionally hide next to it. Many people will tell you they didn't like it, but I think mine is great. It also adds a lot to the 'naturalistic' look of my tank setup.

Good luck.
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-Iman

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I also have a 2" bedding of aspen...
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-Iman

1.1 Balls
0.1 Boa (BCI)
0.0 Experience
100.0 LOVE

Loving to Learn
Learning to Help
Helping to Love

The simplest solution to your humidity problem is to give your snake a humid hide. This is simply a hide like the other two he hopefully has, but this one has damp substrate in it. Your snake will use it as he needs to, usually during a shed cycle. If you have a humid hide, and a water dish big enough for him to soak in, you shouldn't need to worry about the humidity in the rest of the tank.
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Randy
www.ball-pythons.net

I only worry about humidity when my bps are about to shed. Once they go blue I place damp paper towels in their hide, being sure to change these out every day until they shed. Haven't had a problem with a shed since I've started with this method.

Mark