Humidity + Vacation

[Lankyrob]

I ise repti bark, when you wet it the water is absorbed and it then releases it over time. Looking at your viv the glass is too clean/dry, i can barely see through the glass doors on my vivs at require high humidity as they are "steamed up"

[Chris72]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

I ise repti bark, when you wet it the water is absorbed and it then releases it over time. Looking at your viv the glass is too clean/dry, i can barely see through the glass doors on my vivs at require high humidity as they are "steamed up"

What’s that old saying..."a little bit of knowledge can be dangerous"..? At least I know enough to know...that I don’t know!!

Thanks for that Rob. Every time I saw built up moisture on the glass I got worried that I was going overboard. Good to know what direction I need to point myself in.

With previous updates I was holding about 43%-45%. As you can see in the attached pic I swapped out the wrap for foil leaving a bit of a gap for the dome.

Updates last night:
Took everything out!! Put down some forest floor stuff (mostly coconut husk I think) which hold moisture well.(a little sticky so I don’t want the snake right on it) On top of that I put some reptile bark as it was also recommended a better than Aspen for Moisture / Humidity and it gives a barrier between FARO and his moisture rich coconut husk mung.

Now this might just be me being over protective:
On top of the bark I put back a little bit of the Aspen that was there so that FARO does not get stressed out. Mainly because tonight is dinner time and I want him to eat. He ate last week and he looks very healthy but if he doesn’t eat tonight and we take off tomorrow my wife will be freaked out the entire week we are gone. So his "home" basically looks the same to him. (Surely he can sense the additional materials)

Hopefully he doesn’t care about the additional smells and chows down tonight when it's rat time.

Have a strong feeling we should be nice and humid all week long.

Any additional thoughts / ideas are more than welcome. (Should I pour 1/2 cup water in the corner before we go to wet the bottom of the substrate?)

Thanks everyone!
C.

[Chris72]

Thanks to all for the fantastic advice!!!

Here is a pic of the three layer substrate.

Humidity is holding at 56%!

As a bonus Faro didn't care about the changes at all and (in the pic) he just ate a rat pup like it was a race and he is just lounging for a second before going for a swim in him water dish as I'm typing. (My wife is currently lecturing him about swimming after dinner)

[Chris72]

Update:

Thanks to all for all the advice. The morning we left last week we were holding at 59.

We came home after our week away to 51%rh.

As a fringe benifit I think I'll only have to mist a couple of times a week rather than twice a day!!

Faro is happy as a clam! He had two pups before we left and scarfed down another when we got home last night. Growing like a weed!

Thanks again.

You guys = Awsome
C.

[Mark Taylor]

More pics of the snake would have been nice but glad to see he is doing well.