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Very Low Humidity

SerpentLady4

SerpentLady4

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Good afternoon I have a question about humidity I live in IL and apparently the air is very dry here. I have AJ my male extreme okeetee in quarantine till the vet gives the ok for him to join the collection. The windows are open according to the humidity gage in his terrarium it says it near the dry color like right on top of the red category. Can dry air and very low humidity cause a snake to make noises when breathing


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corn snakes originate from the southeastern USA where humidity can range from 20% to 100%. You'd be better off with a gauge that measured an actual percentage rather than something that just says "Dry."

If all else fails, just watch your local weather. Whatever the humidity is outside at any given moment, it will be within a few percentage points inside as well, unless you are using a humidifier / dehumidifier, which obviously you are not or you would not be worried about it.

Corn snakes get along well with daily humidity readings of about 30 to 50 percent. It can fluctuate up and down, no big deal. You might want to get a clean spray bottle and lightly spritz the cage when the snake is shedding. But outside of shedding, there's really not much to worry about. Your "Low humidity" today could just as easily turn into High humidity tomorrow with a passing thunderstorm. Don't over-think this or take unnecessary action, as creating a higher humidity can do more damage to the snake than a low reading can.

You can also set up a "Humid Hide" for the snake which is basically an enclosed hiding area with damp moss inside. But again, this is usually only needed during shedding.
 
I live in Illinois, not all that far from you. We have forced hot air heating and even with our furnace humidifier the humidity gets down to 25% during prolonged cold weather. I personally am not comfortable with that so in the winter I cover most of the screen tops with plastic wrap. I do tape it so it can't shift and accidentally cut off the air supply. That keeps it at 50% which I have found to be ideal.

I also supply humid hides year round just so my snakes can make their own choice and get higher humidity when they want it.

In the summer, even with A/C my snake's humidity stays at about 70% with no plastic wrap on the screen lids. My snakes have no problem with that though it is a little higher than the ideal 40% to 60%.

I think it depends on the house whether the humidity is the same inside and out. Right now it is 82 F outside. Our central A/C is on but set at 75 F so not coming on often. The outdoor humidity is 22% and falling and inside it is 49% and rising. Go figure!
 
The humidity gage in his terrarium reads 20% which is in the dry range. Now he is quarantine for a possible RI and when I was handling him he was making noises that is why I wondering if very dry humidity can make his breathing noisy


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Ok then the Fortaz isn't working my specialist couldn't do a culture cause AJ is small so he gets Fortaz every 3 days for 27 days and tomorrow is #9 or 10


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