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Reducing Humidity

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Frogbad

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I got my corn on Saturday and am currently keeping it in a Really Useful Box (18L). I have a hygrometer and a thermometer in there and the readings on the hygrometer suggest that the humidity within the box is around 75-85. This seems a bit too high to me - does anyone have any suggestions how I can reduce this.

I am presuming that increased ventilation will help, although the box is already has adequate ventalation by way of drilled holes all around the side of the box plus the lid of the boxes is not an airtight seal.

I am using newspaper as a substrate (although may change to aspen or beech chips soon) and have a heatmat under a third of the box.

Temperature readings are showing around 84f for the warm end to 70-72f for the cooler end. Living in the south west of Scotland means that there is a lot of moisture in the air, due to all of the rain.

I am soon to be getting a wooden viv which I am presuming will further help things.

Any other suggestions and is it detrimental to have such a high humidity?
 
I've had snakes do perfectly fine in 70-75% humidity for extended periods. I don't know what point they will start having RI problems but 85% or above might be getting up there. Drilling more holes should help the situation. Also, using a smaller water dish and/or moving it further away from the heat source (if possible) should help.

On another note, you mentioned the lid not being a tight seal. What age snake do you have? Corns are great at finding a way to escape and hatchlings can get through some pretty small openings.;)
 
You might be okay with a snake that old (actually, depending on the size more than the age). Just don't take their escape abilities for granted. I'd hate to see another "Snake escape!" thread.:) I'm not familiar with the brand of tub you referred to, but I'm guessing it's similar to sterilites or rubbermades. If so, if you ever feel you need more security for the lid try black binder clips. They work like a charm.
 
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