Humidity level too high for my corn snake....

[RoseRed]

I am getting my first corn snake soon, after letting my humidity thermometer settle for 24 hours I noticed that the humidity level is at 70. I was wondering how to decrease the humidity in my tank? The tank I have was originally (and still is technically) a fish tank that has been converted.

Thanks for the help ^^

 

[AliCat37]

As long as the substrate is not wet, I think that a corn would do fine in 70% humidity. If you have a screen top and the humidity is still that high, I'm not sure on what else you could do..

 

[captainjack0000]

A heat lamp will drop your humidity, but it might do so at the cost of raising the temps too high.

I wouldn't worry about it though as corns are probably very much used to 70% humidity...or higher, esp. here in FL.

 

[RoseRed]

Thanks a lot, I just wanted to make sure the snake would be healthy ^^

 

[proileri]

I think the usual recommendation is 40-60%, I don't think 70% is a huge cause of concern, but if you want to you could adjust it a little bit. Extra moisture can increase the risk of infection a little bit, but the snake isn't stressed about it - in fact, the scaly buggers love moist places

Things that add humidity are moist substrate and large water bowls. Thing that shifts humidity towards to general room level is ventilation, so you'd have to either increase the holes in the tank, or add a small fan to move air around.