r/ballpython • u/ThrowRAfruitypebble • 3h ago

Humidity help

Please help. Ive bought and tried everything I can possibly think of to hold the humidity in her tank but nothing is working. I’m at a complete loss. I just want to be a good snake mom and give my baby the life she deserves but I can’t ever get her tank to go above 50% humidity unless I mist it, which I know you’re not supposed to do, and it only lasts for a few minutes. Im scared to health she’s going to die just like my last snake.

ETA: I just added reptisoil in with her coconut chips and changed the heating elements from solely a ceramic heat emitter 24/7 to UVB and UVA during the day and ceramic bulb at night. The humidity is currently the lowest I’ve ever seen it, at 34%. Nothing is working and I’m devastated. I’ve spent so much money trying to give her the life she deserves. I feel like such a bad snake mom.

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u/ThrowRAfruitypebble 2h ago

I got a silicone baking sheet to try and help keep the humidity in. It’s only folded like that because it gets too hot in there if I don’t have airflow on that right side.

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u/loricampbell4454 2h ago

Are you using a dimmer for your dome lamp or is it plugged directly onto the wall?

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u/ThrowRAfruitypebble 2h ago

It’s plugged directly into the wall

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u/ThrowRAfruitypebble 2h ago

This might play into it as well, but I have her in my bedroom, where the fan stays on high 24/7. There’s nowhere else I’d be able to safely put her. If I turn the fan off her tank gets way too hot.