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I am using a spray bottle to create humidity in my Boa's enclosure. How many times must I mist the enclosure? Do I mist the snake as well?
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It can depend on the species, size, cage, substrate, daytime and nighttime temps, ventilation, and other things too..

I have some high humidity loving animals on mulch with less ventilation . They usually get sprayed once a week, or so to keep the mulch fairly moist.

I have most others on newspaper and since I don't get the chance to give them all personal baths I do like to mist several days a week.

If you see mold build up, this is bad - you need to make a dryer environment.

If you seem to always mist and it is always dry, you need to fix your set-up so to hold more humidity.

I have a shoe-box rack that has little ventilation and lots of heat - the boxes stay fogged up. I had to create ventialtion and mist less to fix.

I have balls on mulch and it was never retaining moisture, leading to incomplete sheds. I had to seal/tape almost all ventilation holes and now it retains moisture and they shed 100%.

Hope this helps.. thanks much, Joe Rollo - BciJoe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Hey Joe, thx for the feedback. Quite helpful!
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin