CowBoyWay
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Bone dry in the desert... are those buzzards circling?
Much too dry of ambient air is a problem here in the desert South West of the U.S.A...
only 10% humidity today, it could have a lot to do with why they call this a desert out here.
A wide surface area water dish helps to raise an enclosures/ tubs micro-climate. Get it too humid and fungus and molds dig it too.
Also, certain bacterial related health problems can manifest themselves at higher humidity levels..
An overhead heat lamp will dry out the ambient air by its very nature of radiating heat through the air which accelerates the evaporation rate of any water particles floating by.
Besides heating up my house. I just don't use them.
Some place in the world, that tends to be cold and damp quite a bit, they could be just what the ol' Doctor ordered for a glass tank set-up.
Don't mean to freak out the new keepers, but it can be important and helpful to understand why one might concern themselves with certain things such as ambient humidity control.
Humidity for the most part is not overly critical for corn snakes.
The average humidity of a corn snake's cage should probably be kept in the moderate range of approx. 40, 50, 60% or so,
a big zone here to work with, thats why a lot of Corn keepers get away with just "winging it". Never worried about it...
The corn snake ranges over a diverse variety of conditions and are inherently quite adaptable in captivity, apparently, one of the big reasons, I think, that they continue to grow in popularity. Easy to keep.
If the enclosure is too dry, there can be problems with shedding.
About the only time humidity might become a problem is when drying heat removes most of the ambient humidity from the air causing desert-like levels (0-33%).
Go with the flow, new corn snake keeper, your Corn Snake, in all likely hood, will shed just fine and it will be a problem free experience... for you and the Corn Snake.imho.
Much too dry of ambient air is a problem here in the desert South West of the U.S.A...
only 10% humidity today, it could have a lot to do with why they call this a desert out here.
A wide surface area water dish helps to raise an enclosures/ tubs micro-climate. Get it too humid and fungus and molds dig it too.
Also, certain bacterial related health problems can manifest themselves at higher humidity levels..
An overhead heat lamp will dry out the ambient air by its very nature of radiating heat through the air which accelerates the evaporation rate of any water particles floating by.
Besides heating up my house. I just don't use them.
Some place in the world, that tends to be cold and damp quite a bit, they could be just what the ol' Doctor ordered for a glass tank set-up.
Don't mean to freak out the new keepers, but it can be important and helpful to understand why one might concern themselves with certain things such as ambient humidity control.
Humidity for the most part is not overly critical for corn snakes.
The average humidity of a corn snake's cage should probably be kept in the moderate range of approx. 40, 50, 60% or so,
a big zone here to work with, thats why a lot of Corn keepers get away with just "winging it". Never worried about it...
The corn snake ranges over a diverse variety of conditions and are inherently quite adaptable in captivity, apparently, one of the big reasons, I think, that they continue to grow in popularity. Easy to keep.
If the enclosure is too dry, there can be problems with shedding.
About the only time humidity might become a problem is when drying heat removes most of the ambient humidity from the air causing desert-like levels (0-33%).
Go with the flow, new corn snake keeper, your Corn Snake, in all likely hood, will shed just fine and it will be a problem free experience... for you and the Corn Snake.
imho.
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