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Question about Humidity Gauges.

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RedAlbino77

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I recently bought Zoo Med's Hygrotherm controller for Humidity and Temperature. With it I have a total of 3 hygrometers in my enclosure. All three of them are reading 3 different humidity levels. One, closer to the ground level, reads 37%. The second, which is a little higher in the enclosure, is reading 53%. And the digital Hygrometer by Zoo Med, which is in between the two, is reading 63%. I understand that being in different places in the enclosure can cause different readings, but would that cause such a drastic difference?? I don't know which one to trust, and I don't want my humidity levels to be off and cause a Respiratory Infection. Please help!!
 
I'd throw all three out. You're overthinking it, which is stressful as you are finding out ;). Unless you live in an extremely dry area using a large enough water dish in your cage adds plenty enough humidity in the air. You can always place a towel or piece of plastic tarp over half the enclosure to help hold in humidity.

I've been keeping corns for over 13 years now, and I've never used one :)
 
You'll never get an accurate representation of ambient humidity with any form of simple tool. Most keepers won't even bother with 1, let alone 3. As already mentioned, unless you live in a really arid (or really tropical) environment, you can pretty much bank on your humidity being "normal"... And unless you've had problems with sheds or respiratory infections, you'll never have to bother yourself with worrying about humidity.

There's a whole thread somewhere (and probably at least a chapter dedicated to humidity in most books) discussing how common hygrometers are always gonna be inaccurate representations of humidity because there's more science to it than just "measuring moisture". You have to take into consideration the overall humidity of your environment, climate control factors, air flow and ventilation, environmental modifiers in the cage itself, and a full understanding of what "humidity" actually is before you'd begin to get an accurate measure.
 
I guess I should also add that this tank is holding my Ball Python. Not a corn. My room stays a little dry, so I add moist air to keep it around 40-50%.
 
RedAlbino77 said:
I guess I should also add that this tank is holding my Ball Python. Not a corn. My room stays a little dry, so I add moist air to keep it around 40-50%.
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Aaah thats different, but in the same vein a large waterdish will go a long way in keeping the humidity up. Also what substrate are you using?

http://www.cornsnakes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=128897

Autumn has written an excellent page on bp care, check it out and good luck :)
 
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