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    Lately the weather has been getting cold, windy; basically the humidity outside is very low, and my apartment is very dry.

    I have the screen top covered, huge water bowl, and I mist basically every time I walk by the tank. I can not keep the humidity over 40%.

    I noticed last week when the outside temp was a little high, the humidty floated right around 50%, stayed at 60% if I misted a couple times a day.

    I'm wondering how bad these periods of low humidity can be for my snake, and what, if anything else I can do to keep the humidity up. I even put a warm, damp towel in the cage last night and it kept the humidty around 60 until I went to sleep, but I woke up this morning and it was back to 30%.
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    Low Humidity and Health

    I'm not sure how "bad" the low humidity is for the snake, but it's certainly not preferable. You might try running a humidifier in the room.

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    Spend a little money and put together a humidifier. Look at the do it urself link on the left. As far as I know Low humidity can lead to shed problems and RI.
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    If you can't keep the humidity up in the enclosure, then you really should either build or buy a humidifier, use a room humidifier, or provide a humid hide. Any of those ought to do just fine. Low humidity is not an imminent health threat, but it can exacerbate existing problems or facilitate new ones.
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    How bad is low humidity? Don't know the precise scientific answer to that one, but to give myself a rough idea, I just imagine myself in a dry environment with no eyelids! :shock:

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    Next time you put on the damp towel, try covering the top side with a large book so less moisture evaporates. When I do this, my towel stays wet for days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by steelsack
    How bad is low humidity? Don't know the precise scientific answer to that one, but to give myself a rough idea, I just imagine myself in a dry environment with no eyelids! :shock:
    except our snakes have a fixed cover over their eyes, not quite the same as our setup.
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    LOL, yeah. That's why I said "rough"

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    yeah

    Quote Originally Posted by new2herp
    Next time you put on the damp towel, try covering the top side with a large book so less moisture evaporates. When I do this, my towel stays wet for days.
    Of course, the downside is that the book does, too.
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    what are you using to measure the humidity? if it's a crappy stick-on, odds are you could stick it in a sauna and it would still sit on 40%. you need a good digital hygrometer (the wal-mart thermo/hygro combo works wonders. either spend 15 bucks, or stress out daily.)
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