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10-Jul-07, 03:53 PM
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Hey everybody
Could someone please tell me how they measure their humidity in their enclosure?
Thanks in advance, brendan |
10-Jul-07, 03:56 PM
| | | | Basically you don't need to - pretty much regardless of what you keep it's not necessary.
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10-Jul-07, 04:03 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Canberra Gender: | | | | Really? people have told me to keep it between 40% and 60%, how do i keep it there without knowing the humidity? Or would this be a rough guide line? |
10-Jul-07, 04:06 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | | they do need humidity, i don't know how they measure it but i'm pretty sure you can get a gauge for the reading. Just a large water bowl will keep the humidity at a reasonable level.
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10-Jul-07, 04:09 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 23 | | | | I think you can buy them from most pet shops and other places like the National Geographic shop.
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10-Jul-07, 04:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Canberra Gender: | | | | cool, i think il just mist the enclosure when i need to, or out the water bowl close to the heat mat, thanks guys |
10-Jul-07, 04:31 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Sep-04 Location: The far and bewildered mountainside of the strange region of Carpathia Age/Gender: 33 | | | | Just have the water bowl down the cool end of the enclosure. Thats usually all it takes. You can move the bowl closer to the heat source when the snake is preparing to shed, but even then it's still usually not necessary. Be aware that misting too often MAY lead to scale rot/blister disease depending on the species.
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11-Jul-07, 04:01 PM
| | | Hiya,
When I ordered all my stuff from the Herp Shop...they sent me a couple of thermometers ....and two Hygrometers for measuring humidity ......you just place them into the enclosure and I believe from 50 to 70 is about moderate....I think if you where to really get into making it a perfect enviroment...each species of snake would be suited to different humidities...Snakes from tropical enviroments would have a higher humidity level to those from the desert.... IMO anyways... 
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11-Jul-07, 04:04 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-07 Location: Vic | | | | What sort of reptile are we talking? |
11-Jul-07, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Pythoninfinite  Basically you don't need to - pretty much regardless of what you keep it's not necessary.
J. | Frogs?
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11-Jul-07, 05:28 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Canberra Gender: | | | | I am doing this for a coastal carpet, and i know it doesnt that much humidity (40-60%). |
11-Jul-07, 05:32 PM
| | Jellybean Club Subscriber | Join Date: Feb-06 Location: Hobbiton, Middle Earth. Gender: | | | | Coastals are very tolerant of humidity variants, there is no need to worry about it too much. Keep it dry with a water bowl the snake can soak in for shedding and cooling and it will be happy.
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11-Jul-07, 05:34 PM
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