how to get my humidity higher - Page 3

citysnakes · 02-05-09, 10:44 AM

what are you guys talking about? rubbermaid tubs are pretty...

mykee · 02-05-09, 11:19 AM

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"but the tubs them selves are so ugly they drive me insane they look like something i pack the sweaters in my grandma gets me for christmas every year.... "

Maybe a ball python is not the right snake for you...

jimbousmc · 02-05-09, 11:24 AM

i just had an issue with the misting because of the bubstrate yes it can and will harbor bacteria even if you regularly clean and change it my ball python developed skin rot and yes i think we have it under control now. so i have ordered a fogger for her aqarium and

the plastic on the screen is a great idea. city snakes i might have to try that myself

kyle yours seems to be working great as well

with an aquarium that big which i think is great i like a big aquarium i think you may need to go with something that constanly puts humidity in the air like a fogger but they are like 60 bucks

Kmef07 · 02-05-09, 03:08 PM

im just saying that i would rather have a cool looking tank than a plastic box on the ground. if it means more work then im fine with that. now when i start my breeding program soon then yes my favorite snakes will have aquariums and all my babies and other snakes i don't find as cool looking will have rubbermaid racks i will build. but for the select 4 or 5 they will be on display in my house.

Chu'Wuti · 02-05-09, 10:15 PM

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what are you guys talking about? rubbermaid tubs are pretty...

OK, Julian . . . Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! BPs are beautiful; rubbermaid and sterilite tubs are, as previously noted, great for storing sweaters!

If I'm going to have an animal, I want it to have a nice habitat; a plastic tub just doesn't fit my criteria. It's not only a matter of what looks nice to me but also a matter of what will provide an optimum environment for the animal. (Optimum meaning more than just the right temp/humidity) So label me picky!

citysnakes · 02-05-09, 10:41 PM

rubbermaids provide an optimum environment for the animal...

Chu'Wuti · 02-06-09, 08:44 AM

meaning meeting all the basic requirements for keeping the animal healthy. Maybe I should say I want more than optimum, or more than basic optimum, or something. I know--I want fancy optimum!

Kmef07 · 02-06-09, 08:49 AM

how about supreme optimum???? huh pretty catchy if i must say so myself......

Chu'Wuti · 02-06-09, 08:51 AM

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how about supreme optimum????

Hmmm . . . I think we need special definitions!

Maybe there's a difference between supreme and fancy!

citysnakes · 02-06-09, 12:01 PM

rubbermaids are supreme optimum. reptile display enclosures are fancy optimum. fish tanks are far less than optimum. unless youre caring for fish.

Chu'Wuti · 02-06-09, 12:23 PM

OK, so now we have these levels:

suboptimum (fish tank)
optimum??
supreme optimum (rubbermaid tubs)
reptile display enclosures (fancy optimum)

So what is "merely" optimum? How would rubbermaid tubs be better than "optimum"?

citysnakes · 02-06-09, 12:39 PM

we must hear from the authority on optimality...

Smilts · 02-06-09, 12:56 PM

optimal: Sterilite lol

mykee · 02-06-09, 02:44 PM

Chu:

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"If I'm going to have an animal, I want it to have a nice habitat; a plastic tub just doesn't fit my criteria"

So it's about you then?

Chu'Wuti · 02-09-09, 03:09 PM

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So it's about you then?

Interesting that you'd think that. Nope. It's all about the snake.

How many snakes have you caught on a field herping expedition that were living in plastic containers?