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I posted a question about keeping a large cage properly humidified for one of my pythona. As I expected, no one replied to my post.......................Instead, everyone who posted after me posted pictures of their snakes to show off and other random queries. For someone who owns over 20 pets and has 3 Morelia pythons in my care, I find it ridiculous that everyone just posts picture in this forum and never offered any advice or questions to me. I'm unhappy with all of the posting of pictures and lack of information in this forum. I'm not bitter, just dissaapointed..................So, as the saying goes.............Thanks for nothing!

Mist the cage with water.

If its still not humid enough....mist it again...

S~

Justin,

I'm sorry that no one responded to your question. Typically, when I'm on this forum, I will scan thru the posts to see if there is anything I help anyone out with, ...but I must have overlooked yours.

To answer your question, yes, cypress mulch will help to raise the humidity level in your cage. However, be careful not to over do it. Carpets don't need all that much humidity (60% is fine). Misting them on occasion can be beneficial, especially when they are noticeably going into a shed. Too much moisture can lead to skin problems.

Hope I've helped!
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Will Leary
Reptilicus Reptiles
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I have a vision enclosure not as big as yours but I also had trouble keeping the humidity up. I closed some of the vent but left one open to allow a good air transfer. anyway what I use is cypress mulch which I keep thicker on the hot side of the enclosure. I use a spray bottle and wet down the mulch then I flip it around until dry mulch is exposed and wet it down. until all the mulch is moist I wouldn't wet it too much. The thicker mulch will hold the moisture and drive up the humidity. It may be better to put it toward the cooler side of the enclosure. I find it works good for me on the hot side my substate gets a chance to dry out from the heat lamp and I have to mist half of the enclosure. I worry about mold misting the cool side since it seemed to say wetter longer but I havn't had any problems with mold change out the substrate you should be cool.I have a diamond jungle cross and I keep the enclosure around 40%rh normally but when she is shedding I will run it higher at 60%rh but not to exceed 80%rh.
I hope this helps you it works good for me I love cypress mulch. I couldn't even think about using another substate to keep the humidity up. Chuck

I'm sorry Justin. I feel the need to apologize. I usually help if I can but honestly I just now noticed your post since you mentioned it. Once again, I'm sorry to not be of any help, just overlooked it. The others gave you the right answer.