Raising Humidity for Reptiles
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Hi guys! Keeping your reptile's humidity up can be kind of tedious, especially in the winter. So, I've compiled a quick list of ways to do that. As always, this is not an exhaustive list, just a short list of quick fixes.
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This is the first video I've found with truly practical humidity advice. Thank you so much!!
I could listen to you all day
This was my biggest concern before getting my BP so this video is definitely helpful..thank you! Got yourself a new subscriber! 💯👍🏾
Awesome! I'm so glad it was helpful. Welcome to the channel! 🙂
Thanks now my geckos will be happy when my mom puts what you said and my geckos are new!thanks for helping I have followed you and like this video!
This is a great video!! 😊 I think I might end up either getting a western hognose or a crested gecko not sure yet! 😁 Hope u have an amazing Christmas 🎄🎅🏼
Thank you! Both are great choices 😊 Merry Christmas!
Ty so much for your advice your the best 😎
Great video and very helpful information! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! 😊
Thanks for the tips I'm currently looking at getting a ball python but and having trouble with the hot side being to low on humidity but the cool side being to high atm so hopefully these tips will help
My household humidity in the winter is 10-12%. Freaking miserable for everyone. Even with foil over the mesh and using Reptisoil and sphagnum moss covered with Reptibark and misting everything in the morning I still can’t keep it consistently at 50%. :(
Same here I think I’m going to get a fogger
Great video and great information👍🏻
Thank you! 😊
I have boas, blood pythons, ball pythons, water dragons, and a box turtle. Fortunately I'm able to use a humidifier in my room as well as some space heaters and it keeps my room at about a 78 degree ambient and the humidity stays around 50/60%. You can only really do this if you have species that have the same or similar requirements as one another but if you have the option to do so it's much cheaper and easier than anything else I've found. Obviously I keep my water dragon in the high 80's for humidity percentage but just being able to boost my room from 20/30% to 60 has helped so much. It's not only the heat that drys enclosures out it's the surrounding air. Plus it's a million times easier to maintain my room conditions for all of my animals vs spraying my turtle and dragon each 3 times a day. It's also allowed me to switch over to food grade safe butcher or Kraft paper that would be in a breeder style set up so maintenance is so much easier. You can only do that though if your able to maintain the room conditions since you can't really mist paper too heavily. Also another good trick for humidity that I do with all of my snakes as well as my turtle is using plastic tubs. Do some research. It took me forever to understand it but once you fully grasp the concept of what helps create humidity and what makes it dry up, it won't be an issue.
Great info. My mother keeps telling me to buy a humidifier for my snake room. You recommend any?
I got my first ball python 2 months ago and she is now about 7 months old. She didn’t eat for the first 3 weeks but then ate consistently til last week. Usually she is out a climbing and I wasn’t worried about her not eating. I just started to work on new ways to raise my humidity because it was very low. Ever since I started to raise her humidity (last week) and spray down her tank she hasn’t come out at all like she used to. I think she is going into shed because her eyes were grey but her skin doesn’t look like it is getting super dull. I just had the idea of using a humidifier and aiming it to land in the tank. Would that be a bad idea? I tried it for 30 minutes and the humidity went up by a lot. I just don’t know why she isn’t coming out and if it’s because I am now actually getting her humidity right? I haven’t even been able to offer her food this week just because she hasn’t come out. I just don’t know what to do because she is still very shy and I haven’t handled her because I am worried about her not eating. I am hoping someone can please help to explain why she isn’t coming out and if the humidifier is a good idea.
I don’t know if you ever got help for this, but bps can sometimes refuse food as well as become really inactive while in shed. And no, humidifiers are NOT what you wanna do unless it’s an emergency. They make the tank constantly wet, which can cause scale rot and bacteria spikes.
Not only is she smart as a whip, she is so dang good looking. Thanks Elle
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How often should I change the Spagnum moss in the humid hide?
Thanks big help :)!!
I have a corn snake and the hygrometer shows that it's on 30-40% of humidity and I use aspen and I don't want to spray it or else it will mold is there a way to bring it up
You can spray the decor and fake plants in the enclosure instead
Luv the video!! Keep up the good work💕💕
Thank you! :)
So if I live in humid Houston, how should I deal with this problem. Right now it's 10:45am the lid on the terrarium is off, my house is at 70 degress and the hydrometer is reading 72!! What should I do because this is a problem!
this is way late but my first guest wouuld be getting dehumidifier and have it in the same room next to your bearded dragon or whatever you got
I can't seem to keep my water dragons humidity up! It's a bioactive tank with a pond and it just won't go up!
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Mine is really low like 15 to 20
How do you lower the humidity in a tank? Where I live it’s at 90% humidity outside and I got it down once but then it shot back up and I can’t get it to go back down I need to get it to 30%-40%. Any ideas?
Get a dehumidifier
I'd recommend using a substrate that doesn't hold moisture for whatever animal you have, things like coconut fiber, bark, cocohusk etc is gonna hold on to moisture and raise that humidity. Sand is a good way to keep low humidity but you have to be careful with it depending on the animal you have, if you go that route I'd recommend impacted Clay sand as it avoids accidental consumption by your buddy that could cause impaction. another tip would be to place dehumidifiers near the area of the tank to lower the humidity in the room which should allow you more control over your tanks specific humidity levels.
With the wet towel do I put the heated lamp onto of it? Would I put it onto of the aluminum foil too?
No
Is 60 percent humidity good for bp?
50%-85% is the acceptable range with 70%-85% being optimal when animal is in shed. I prefer over 60% as my minimum normal humidity though personally.
Ooooh I never thought of a humid hide for my tree skink this was awesome advice! Off to iheartgeckos for a a hide thank you!!!
How about beardies? Do beardies need a humid hide?
Hell no. Beardies are desert species
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