Help on Green Anaconda

[burnham187]

Thanks for the help from my last post. I was wondering if you had any advice on how to keep it more humid in the Cage. Right now I have an undercage heater that is directly under a water bowl that is large enough for her to soak in. I was told that is one way to get it humid in there. My guage is only reading 40 percent humidity. I have a regular Aquarium with a screen top and I have a piece of Plexi Glass covering half of the top to try and keep some moisture in. Is there something I can buy that would automatically make it more humid in the cage?

[ReptiZone]

just spray......spray....spray I heard of the foger but dont know what it dos for humitity

[Zoe]

Rubbermaids are great for controlling humidity! And they are cheap.

GL
Zoe

[Dom]

Use a substrate that hold humidity well .. like cypress mulch or moss.. cover 3/4tters plus of the screen lid.. mist it down a lot .. and u coul even installl a mister on a timer to raise the humidity ..

[BWSmith]

A mix of Cypress and Peat MOss works for humidity, also try using a towel rather than plexi.

[burnham187]

Thanks alot everyone for your help im glad that I discovered this group today just by searching. I put a moist towel covering about 3/4 of the screen after spraying a little and raised the humidity to 70 percent. I have also just purchased a Terrarium air humidifier that should be here in about a week. I just want to make sure that my pets environement is the best possible so the Snake has the least amount of stress possible. Thanks again

[rethius]

I have large wooden enclosures that are painted with a high gloss paint. humidity is never a problem! Aquariums suck, in the mean time (until you get a bigger enclosure) use spagnum moss with a ultra-sonic fogger (get em @ hardware store) this will keep your humidity nice and high! Also Keep that plexi-glass!!!
-Jeff

[rethius]

By the way, I don't know about you guys but when using Peat moss, If it gets even a little dry, your snake can inhale it and develop respitory(sp) problems! Ie wheezing

[BWSmith]

hmmm, sounds logical, but I have not run into it. Of course i generallly only use moss in cages that require higher humidity and it generally stays fairly damp.

One thing i have learned about condas is that once they start to get big, you better have a good method of removing and cleaning the water. They LOVE to leave suprises int here for ya :D

[ReptiZone]

I find the best way is to give it a pool in its enclosure that is waist deap and coneck a swiming pool filter Back wash it once a day and clean it completly once a month but only if thew keeper has
the space other wise do it the old hev ho every day take out the bowl and and clean it good luck my friend

[norman]

what if you had the cage up off the ground and had a drain from the water so that you could drain it out with the pulling of a plug? you could even try and connect it to your plumbing somehow...? just a thaught.probably doesnt even make sense.

[ReptiZone]

no I think it is a great idea. my method is for when it gets realy big

[Linds]

I agree with Zoe. Rubbermaids are definitely your best bet until your snakie gets larger. Terrariums/aquariums are awful for anything requiring a medium to high humidity level. IMHO they are best suited to desert species (or fish). It is virtually impossible to maintain any kind of adequate airflow while keeping up the humidity. BY blocking off the screen top your also cutting off the airflow, and also creates a prime environment for molds and mildews to grow. If you don't like the appearance of rubbermaids, then I would suggest using a fogger, like Jeff suggested. Keep the dish over the UTH as well. Hope this helped. Good luck ;)

[burnham187]

Thanks again for the help everyone this is awesome of how many responses I get for one post I am new at this post stuff. I have been able to get the damp towel to work quite well at keeping it about 60 to 70 percent while only covering half the cage top so I think there is enough airflow. The waterbowl is quite large covering about 1/3 of the entire tank and heavy enough for her not to tip over. When she groes out of this aquarium which is a 20 gallon im going to get an extremely large setup for her to roam in and grow in. I currently do have the fogger on the way in the mail I was reading about that last night. Thanks again for the help. Oh by the way good idea about the plumbing although ill probably stick to cleaning out the waterbowl every day for now till I get the large setup. Anyone know of any good places where I can get a good large setup at a good price?

[ReptiZone]

well that is the beauty of this site there is all was some good info on hear I even learnt things on this post I never thaught about:cool:

[rethius]

just build your own!

[Linds]

I agree with Rethius, the best thing to do for the larger species of snake is to build your own, it's really the only way to go unless you want to get into caging such as visions, etc - but they are very pricey when they get to be that size :rolleyes:

[tightsqueeze]

the best place to get a large enclosure is HOME DEPOT and build it yourself it will only cost you 15% of what someone would charge you to professionaly build it !

and its easy!

jay