Short-tail Pythons/Humidity

[Gx3]

Hey guys, I was just wondering if anyone else out there has any experience with blood pythons or short-tails. I have had a male Borneo python for about a year and a half and he is awesome!! His temperament is perfect! He has never even hissed at me. He will even come out to be held when i open his cage and will even move across the room on the floor to come sit by my feet (or try to crawl up my leg hehe). I have handled him every day (except after feedings and when he is in mid-shed). Anyways, I have two questions, (1) what have your experiences been with bloods/short-tails? and (2) What do you do to keep the humidity up? I used to use newspaper but I found it to hard to keep the humidity in the 70s (which if his drops below that he'll have a bad shed). What I have done is cover about 60% of the screen top with a fitted plexiglass sheet and I have an 100W ceramic heater on the other side, and an under-tank heater (half under the water bowl). This works alright, but he still requires daily misting and I have him on aspen bedding and misting it makes it harder to maintain. Well I'll wrap this up...what do you do?

Heres a pic of me and the lil guy

 

[Beazer]

I use to have sumatrans. They were pretty cool to feed cause I kept them with a deep layer of mulch so when theyd eat it was like an all out ambush/explosiong lol. My male was really sweet and my female was a bit touchy. They are fat lazy snakes and people shouldnt expect much outa them that to just be fat and look cool. Though, feeding time was like once every 3 weeks, it was always an event I anticipated. My pair had bred for me and I was getting impatient after no eggs. Then I sold the pair like a moron (I was 15 at the time) and a month later the guy had called me to tell me about the clutch they laid lol. But I mean, bloods are awesome and all, just a bit lazy. If I got back into them I would do it just so I could set them up in a wicked cage.
As far as the humidity goes, I like to just keep them on cypress mulch and let them burrow but still offer hiding spots and stuff. Spray it down to like a few times a day just be careful about keeping it too humid too constant (lots of people make this mistake with herps). You may try adding like a humid box or something. Im not sure if they are too lazy for it. Or something with similar concept. Big water dish too. You could also rig up a humidifier like what we use and some pool hose leading to the cage just make sure its really well ventilated. A fish bubler thing (I like to keep it technical lol) may help but I am not sure what the air stones are made of. You're best bet would either be the humid box or the humidifier rigged up to pool hose to the cage (chameleon people and dart frog people love that trick).
Gorgeous snake btw. Hope I was of some help. Oh and theres a good blood python forum I am too lazy to look the name up of lol.

-Jon DeLong

 

[Gx3]

Well I have a big bag of extra Cypress Mulch, so I might give that a try later. And I should probably clarify that his humidity is normally around 65-70 but I try to keep it between 70-80 once he goes into his blue phase, or he will have a bad shed. And thanks for the info Jon, and yes he is quite lazy, the only time he moves is when I take him out otherwise he will sit in the same spot for weeks lol.

 

[Mvskokee]

bloods are cool i keep mine around 70 plus he is meaner hell though