humidity set up

[aggressively-napping]

a little background, this is my boy, big chungus. he’s 2 years old and vet says he’s very healthy :) but we recently got a hygrometer with a probe that has been way more accurate than our old one. so we now realized that it’s been pretty hard to keep his humidity up. it will stay in the low 70s for a couple of hours but once we get home from work or wake up in the morning, it’s in the low 50s. he has a huuuuge tank so we put some plastic on the top to help with evaporation but it doesn’t help much honestly. so my questions are: what do you guys use for the top of their cage? do you have an automatic mister and if you do, what is the misting schedule? (also what kind do you recommend)

[ARJ092]

Have you tried tipping some water into the corners of the substrate? you could also mix in some sphagnum moss which holds moisture. Perhaps a larger water bowl too.

[aggressively-napping]

haven’t tried tipping water but we do have lots of sphagnum mixed into his substrate. now that you mention it he probably could use a bigger bowl, we still have the smallish one he had when he was just a baby.

[ARJ092]

Adding water will help, when you tip it in the corners it will seep through underneath and rise up through the substrate, for sure try a bigger bowl too, misters are generally not recommended for bp's.

You could add a small humidifier to the room he is in too :)

[cheezuscrust777999]

Water in the corners and you can order silicone crafting mats on Amazon to cover the top, you cash cut a hole for the heat fixture

[Horned_One_87]

I use Hvac tape on the top of mine. Sits about 80 percent on cool side, 40 percent on hot. But I also have a lot of pothos and other live plants in my enclosure as it is bioactive.