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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 previous issues talked about adding ferns and trees 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!) Also would spotteds have any problem with ferns or ficus/dwarf fig trees? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

>>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 previous issues talked about adding ferns and trees 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!) Also would spotteds have any problem with ferns or ficus/dwarf fig trees? Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

I am guessing that the humidity will be an issue. I would think too high and you will get skin and respiratory problems.Unless you can get a lot of air movement to dry it constantly. I also see the live plants getting broken, knocked down and squashed.
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