What do you guys think about Ultrasonic Fog Generators?

Question

Thinking about getting one for my Ball Python and wanted details of how they work, the best brands, how much should i pay...

Answer 1

I think that might be a little bit too much humidity for a ball python.

Answer 2

Ultrasonic foggers are great especially for frogs and salamanders and things that require a great deal of humidity. Ball pythons are not a humidity loving snake. They are from West Africa and though they live in a somewhat tropical looking environment this is deceptive they actually live at the outskirts of these rainforests and more often are found in the surrounding scrublands, (which are described as semiarid) due to the fact that they can not endure the humidity deep within. This would be a big mistake to add to a ball python environment you will end up with skin infections and quite possibly even respitory ailments Ball pythons are fine with a regular screen top enclosure with relative humidity ranges from 20% - 40%. In addition you can add a plastic hide box that is stuffed with very lightly moistened sphgnum (or other) moss for shedding and thermoregulation, though I think you will find the python will very rarely use it (maybe during shed) as long as you have other hides available (and you should have at least 3 or 4 throughout the enclosure).

Answer 3

The Friends of Animals in my place who save the pythons in distress just let them loose in a secure room .They cannot afford any sohphsticated humidifiers and even do not know about them.They had no particular difficulty in bringing up(or letting them to come up rather) the creatures.Occasionally the friends may introduce some chicken, rodent or frogs or even the pythons would help themselves where the houses were old. The friends would occasionally let the pythons crawl over their bodies to convince the public that there is nothing tobe afraid about them.

Answer 4

just wanted to ask the same question, actually. recently i bought Hager the smallest type and it works great. but i didnt put it in the terrarium (i was afraid that the animal could walk in the setup or poo in the water or come too near the ultrasound beam. i put it above the tank so the mist falls in. i switch it for 15 minutes in selected intervals on my timer (the cheapest mechanical timer) so i am not afraid of misting too much, but i dont have to worry as when i was dependent on manual misting and the presence of somebody at regular intervals (i have a gecko and a chameleo) the chameleo doesnot like damp air but it doesnot like drying out either - the amount of desired water input in terrarium is a matter of timer setting. i will tell u something that i didint know until i bought it: 1. the ultrasound can perforate things (like a plastic lid) that are close to the beam source. that is whi i dont want to put it inside the terrarium , just to be sure. 2. the thing operates at an interval of water height above the device (if it drinks up the water, it has hard time pushing the mist over the brim, it produces more mist if the water level is closer to brim of the container with water. if the water level is VERY high above the device it is the same - less mist created. if the water runs low, it stops automatically. 3. it splashes drops of water around.

so what i did is that i put it in 1.5liter plastic bottle in which drinking water is sold, cut the top off and cut a hole in the side to let the mist out and prevent splashing on my desk and PC and to allow the bottle to hold about a liter of water, out of which about 0.8-0.9 liter can be used up by the mister untill it stops automatically. so i placed this on the terrarium top so that both my terrariums can catch proper portion of the mist. most of the water is used up in one day, the second day much less mist is produced, because the mist just fills the half-empty bottle and cannot easily escape over the brim, as i said, but the animals still get some water. most days there is somebody around to refill the bottle anyway. it is recommended to buy it together with some fountain that ciirculates the water from a reservoir so u have stable level of the water (but that gets dirty) but i definitely dont want that setup. i am happy with it as i described . it saved me the trouble of always fixing somebody to be around when we leave for the weekend or so, and now we have a hot spell here so even if i spray in the morning, then go to work and then come back directly from work , the animals were very thirsty and i was beginning to get really worried and now i am carefree. i am curious what others have to say, though

Answer 5

too much humidity with a snake like that very low maintance you have to watc out for that a good soak in a warm tupper wear box filled maybe an inch full with be goo for sheding for humidty i suggest just to spray the walls two to three times daily you have to watch them too much humidity will cause mouth rot which is very dangerous and if the bedding or subsrate stays wet too long it could start to mold and cause scale rot i have dealt with both and neither are fun i would just try the misting see how that works or keep the water bowl on top of a under the tank heat pad

Answer 6

Ball Pythons don't need that much humidity..they're great for things like Iguanas that need a really humid environment.