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Carpet Python Care
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Myth 2 - Carpet pythons need high humidity.
There's no subtle way to put it...this one's more or less BS.  I cringe when I see keepers telling people to keep their carpets at a consistent 70% relative humidity. As a rule of thumb, 40-60% is good - anything higher and you need to clean all the time to make sure "life" doesn't start growing in the cage. :-)
Too much humidity will promote bacterial and fungal growth, which can cause a myriad of health problems. With that being the case, I'd rather keep them a little too dry than a little too wet...but again, this really just boils down to what works for you. Someone in Florida might have a different experience than someone in Missouri. Since I stopped cooling my pythons for breeding season (2010), I have noticed that my carpet cages do need to be misted during the winter. This is because we leave the heat on, and heat tends obviously dries the air out. If I had to put a number on it, I'd say a reading in the 45-60% range would be optimal. When humidity dips below the 50% mark, lightly mist the cage and then the humidity will spike to 70% or so for a few hours before getting back down to a more reasonable range. Then you let the cage become almost dry before repeating. Twice a week seems to work well for me. -ac reptiles
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46% should be fine, I would just mist it for a few seconds a day not for humidity, but because I notice my snakes drink the droplets every time I spray them.
I would not use repti-carpet as a substrate. It's been known to harbor a lot bacteria.
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