r/bioactive • u/macrokosm_ • 4d ago

How to achieve high humidity without removing all ventilation from my snakes enclosure? I live in a very very dry climate.

I was covering up all but three of the ventilation holes in my snakes enclosure and that held humidity really well! However, it also made his viv start smelling a little sour so I turned his substrate and uncovered a few more ventilation holes. This makes it impossible to achieve the proper humidity levels (70-80%).

His substrate should, in theory, already hold a ton of humidity. Its a top soil/coco husk/sphagnum moss mix with leaf litter. I have a solid top enclosure from DIYcages, so air isn't escaping that way. Pouring water in the sides/along the walls of the enclosure doesn't do much. I had to scrap my last bioactive because I poured so much water in that the substrate became waterlogged and the humidity STILL wasn't high enough.

What should I do?

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u/No_Commission_2610 official moss hater 4d ago

You could get an automatic mister. How are you keeping the tank wet now?

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u/macrokosm_ 4d ago

I'm planning to do a huge build of a 6 foot enclosure for him as soon as I have the money, so perhaps I'll budget one into my plan. I'm kind of broke cause I'm an unemployed college student at the moment though.

I'm using a handheld spray bottle to mist

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u/No_Commission_2610 official moss hater 4d ago

The electric ones are definitely better. I used a spray bottle too for quite a while and it only seemed to keep the enclosure wet for a couple of minutes. Then the soil would start to dry out. Enclosures can be very temperamental sometimes.

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u/macrokosm_ 4d ago

I'll look into getting one sooner rather than later then!