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Tubs: My humidity is WAY too high.

TrpnBils

TrpnBils

22 is not enough snakes
Two of my three corns are in 32Qt tubs with small water dishes and plenty of ventilation holes....we're talking a couple hundred holes from a soldering iron. The holes are in the sides and on the top.

On an average day lately, the humidity in the tubs has been around 60-65%, but today it's up into the 80% range. How do those of you who use sterilite tubs keep the humidity down this time of year???
 
Note: I'm going to down a couple of these answers now so I don't have to read them later.

1) Yes, 60-65% is fine.
2) Yes, they are native to places like Florida that normally have high humidity

My main concern is that when these corns were shipped to me a year or so ago, they arrived with wheezing, sneezing, and clicking when they breathed. They eat like pigs and the original treatment for an RI didn't do anything so I was told not to worry much about it as long as they keep eating well. If they already have some kind of respiratory thing going on, I'd rather not have extremely high humidity if I can help it. Ambient humidity in the house is about 10% lower.
 
Some holes along the bottom third of the tubs to encourage airflow as the heat rises and maybe a fan set on oscillate playing across the area to help with circulation too?
 
All I can say is more holes or cut a portion of the tub out and screen it in for ultimate ventilation. Are you using a moist substrate? If so just use aspen and make sure your windows are closed and a/c on:)
 
about 1" aspen bedding which is never misted, no heat this time of year...lemme get some pictures of the tub
 
There it is in all its glory... the other one is pretty much the same...

I think I might make the holes bigger? I can't add that many more or it'll be like a mesh cage....lol
 

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WOW! That is a lot of holes! I can't even imagine how you'd still have humidity problems. More airflow seems to be the issue... you can have all those holes, but if the air isn't moving, holes won't do much. I like the fan, idea.

Hope you solve your problem soon.
 
Are you running the AC in your house to keep the humidity down? Would you consider running a dehumidifier? We always had to have one of those in our basement when I was a kid, in Minnesota.
 
We haven't been running the AC because it's been really cool here all summer. Do you know of any cheap humidifiers? We were looking for one at Target the other day and they were all between $200 and $400.
 
On an average day lately, the humidity in the tubs has been around 60-65%, but today it's up into the 80% range.
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A day or two, with the humidity at 80% shouldn't be bad? If it's constantly high, I would worry, but not for a day or two.

If you aren't using AC, then you could blow a reciprocating fan on them, to push the air along. That might help a little.

Good Luck,

Wayne
 
I don't really have any advice other than what has already been posted (I like the fan idea, and usually have one going in my house to keep air moving), but I'll agree, we've had an unusually wet (and cool, which I don't mind one bit) summer here. I also have two with similar respiratory issues (they've been treated with no luck, so the vet said not to worry), and they seem to be doing just fine in our lovely Erie weather, although I do worry about them more than the others. Good luck!
 
I get high humidity here in Florida and don't have that much in my tubs. I average around 60 - 70%. I have two rows of holes in the front and back, then two rows of holes along the top, with one along the bottom for the sides. I have a box fan pointed at my racks with the ceiling fan set to blow towards the ceiling. I use the large dog bowls with the handle cutouts for their water and hide, sitting on a thick layer of aspen.
 
Oh, I should also mention I keep the snake room at 75 - 80* and don't use additional heat sources. Are your water bowls sitting on heat sources? That adds humidity too...
 
CaptBogart said:
Oh, I should also mention I keep the snake room at 75 - 80* and don't use additional heat sources. Are your water bowls sitting on heat sources? That adds humidity too...
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I'm not using heat sources...way too hot for that here.
 
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