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good investment for a Fogger?

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I was wondering if it would be a good investment for a reptile fogger for my coastal carpet python she's a little over 2 ft last time I measured her (a month ago). Any who, I don't know the exact size I believe its a large/x-tall or a x-large/x-tall. its pretty hard to keep the humidity up in the cage so I don't know if it would be a good investment someone said it would be but, I don't know. (ignore the lack of decorations its currently in progress of being decorated)
 

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HI !!!

been keeping many arboreal snakes in past years, green tree pythons, emerald tree boas, amazon boas and dart frogs..
the thing with exo terras, is the screen top yu need to modify these cages !! the moment you add a light fixture on top for heat, it creates a chimney effect that sucks out all you humidity..
the only way around that is either to install a glass top to seal it off or an acrylic sheet where it would be cut out for the lamps...

best option would be, seal it off completely with glass or acrylic, install a 40w heat panel inside top corner with a controller where the probe is set up where you want a specific temperature..
this will keep the inside at the proper temps and then your humidity will stay IN the cage
the opening to spray the cage will be enough for ventilation , plus you have the front grid to help out...
for lights , just use a LED or Fluorescent strip..

now for the foggers... tried these in the past and ??? I don't think they are worth the $$$ the exo terra one doesn't last long at all, that other new one ( forgot the name) but it hjas a reservoir and a pipe that guides the fog down from the top.. these are better and if lucky will last a little longer than a year.. most people o know, it dies after 3 months.. a few lucky ones got 1 year out of them...

best option IMHO is seal that top, spray every day..

hope this helps
 
the Foggers are nice but they don't last long. either the fan goes or the transducer does which is the part that creates the fog. I've had one for over a year now and have had to replace the fan about 5 times and the transducer maybe 3 times it's a zoo Med repti fogger and they are very good with sending the parts out for free but who wants to keep changing them out. for the money spent you would think they would make better parts. especially when pet stores get up to $80 for them. although at shows you can pick them up cheaper. that's just my personal experience. but when they work they work great. good luck!
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thanks ^^ but, theres only one problem :/, I'm not at home continueously. I have school that starts at 8:45am- 4:00pm and sometimes I go to my bf's house :/ I don't how to make it last continueously throughout the day without it getting really low in the cage e.e. any tips on that?
 
My carpet is currently in a 29 gallon aquarium with a screen top. The heat source is a 150w ceramic heat bulb. I use cypress mulch for substrate and dump a couple cups of water on it when it dries out too much, about 2-3 days usually, to help maintain humidity. The top of the tank is mostly covered with foam board wrapped with aluminum foil, just a square cutout for the heat bulb. Even with that I found the humidity near the top, where the snake prefers to stay, was a bit too low. My solution was to set a clay "cave" that was originally intended for fish in a bowl of wet sphagnum moss. The clay allows moisture from the surrounding moss to penetrate, same as unglazed ceramic, but since there's no standing water (the long fibered moss acts like a sponge) it works out nicely. I use a couple of cichlid stones with the same arrangement for my Dominican red mountain boas. Similar to a moist hide, but not quite as damp on the inside. Sheds are perfect.
http://www.kensfish.com/aquarium-supplies/fish-breeding-supplies/spawning-caves-cones.html
 
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