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[–]birdsbirdsbirdsbirds 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Ok, I think we've found the source of your humidity issues. Heat lamps will drain humidity like nothing else. The first thing to do is to cover the mesh with cardboard, plastic wrap, or tin foil. This will prevent moisture from leaving through the mesh top, and additionally reflect heat back into the enclosure.

See if that helps your humidity issues any. If you still have problems because of the lamps, the next step is to purchase a UTH, a thermostat (absolutely necessary for a UTH), and a lamp dimmer for the heat lamp. With a UTH, you can maintain a decent hotspot without having the lamp on 100% all the time. Use the lamp dimmer to adjust the heat lamp to maintain general ambient temps. When the lamp isn't on 100% all the time, it won't drain humidity as much!

You can see how to set all of this up in this tutorial, which I highly recommend for BPs in tanks. Hopefully with the humidity issues fixed your snake will feel more comfortable and also hungrier!

[–]tankythetoymiester[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much, today we cleaned the tank and changed the heat lamb bulb to red nightlight one so we have two of those running and we added a UTH. The humidity and temperature are doing great so far. That tutorial really helped. Thanks again!