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Humidity in plastic tubs

Taryn7

Taryn7

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I just have a question about the humidity in my 4 tubs.. I have found that the tubs are misting up on the sides - creating alot of moisture which is soaking the newspaper - making the humidity even higher and its not pleasant for the snakes to have soggy substrate :uhoh:

The pads are heating up to 84 - 86. I have a stick on humidty gauge but I doubt its accuracy..

I have now moved their water bowls to the cold side which has stopped the misting up but now I'm wondering if the humidity is high enough? I live in a rather dry area - no humidity really.

I suppose I could wait to see how the next shed goes but they have all been shedding in complete peices so I'd like to keep it that way..

When I got my first corn - I was told to use Corn Cob and they had horrible sheds.. So I switched to astro and they started having perfect sheds.

Thanks alot :)
 
Ifyour worried, you should just get a digital Hygrometer (there only cheap) , actually find out your humidity levels and take it from there, those stick on dial things are useless.
 
I forget- did you make holes in the sides of the tubs?

I've had the best sheds on guys that moved from glass vivs to bins. I'm in Florida, though- probably the humidity in my house is around 50%. I've never had misting yet. But I haven't gone through the summer with the bins. But the AC would be on, which dehumidifies the air.
 
Well, you can always add more holes, after you find out exactly what the humidity is. I always keep my water bowls on the cool side.
 
I'd check what the humidity is with the bowls on the cool sides before adding more holes.
 
Since I moved my corns and BPs to tubs, every single shed is complete in 1 piece, every time. Water bowls always on the cool side. It took some trial and error to get the proper amount of holes so it wasn't too humid.

The only problem now is my big female BP who likes to splash the water out of her bowl and then the humidity jumps up too high.
 
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