Hello from Alaska

[Aayrick]

For the temperatures, I'll double check, but I think the room stays closer to the 80 degree side of things. If it starts cooling down, I turn on a couple more heat lamps and it seems to take care of things.

As for the humidity, I do both hand spraying and use of mister/sprayer regularly. I always make sure the water has set for a while in the room to warm up before spraying or putting in one of the misters. I also have moss which I regularly soak. This has been working pretty well and I've only had a couple bad sheds with the snakes. Most of the time I go to clean the cage and find a nice, neat rolled up shed under one of the hides.

Tiki (ball python) I've had about 4 years, Striker (some kind of boa) about 2 and Pastel (ball python) about 1. They all get regular vet checks about once a year and have always received a good health report from the vet.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by Aayrick

For the temperatures, I'll double check, but I think the room stays closer to the 80 degree side of things. If it starts cooling down, I turn on a couple more heat lamps and it seems to take care of things.

As for the humidity, I do both hand spraying and use of mister/sprayer regularly. I always make sure the water has set for a while in the room to warm up before spraying or putting in one of the misters. I also have moss which I regularly soak. This has been working pretty well and I've only had a couple bad sheds with the snakes. Most of the time I go to clean the cage and find a nice, neat rolled up shed under one of the hides.

Tiki (ball python) I've had about 4 years, Striker (some kind of boa) about 2 and Pastel (ball python) about 1. They all get regular vet checks about once a year and have always received a good health report from the vet.

Water left at room temp is going to be cooler than room temp, you would have to actively warm the water for it not to drop your temps.

Striker is a common boa Boa imperator, which are often called red tails by pet stores, so you were sorta right but usually red tail is reserved for a separate species Boa constrictor (I still feel hesitant to call them red tails though).

Preferably you wouldn't have any. I'm still not sure what your set up is like, but you shouldn't have to mist or spray at all. I would advise lowering ventilation, even if it means getting a new enclosure, and using a high humidity bedding like EcoEarth or a mixture. I use EcoEarth and all I have to do is pour water directly into the bedding, mix it up to make sure all the bedding is dampened, and let it sit. After a week or two it dries up and I do it again, during that time humidity stays extremely high. Even bone dry, the enclosure stays in the high-60% for several days after. No misting on my part, I reserve that for flattening out the paper towels on my quarantines.