Acu-Rite Problem...?

[Kilo]

I went into my room to check temperatures... and Riley's acu-rite was reading wierd. The humidity reads "HI". What did it hit 100% or something???

[Shaun J]

Yes, make sure its not on that for more than a few minutes. maybe open the tub and let some ventilation come through?

[Aric]

mine reads HI whenever it gets wey, maybe it got wet somehow?

[Kilo]

Ok I'm holding Riley.... letting her tub vent. the humidity dropped from "HI" to 80% and now won't fall any more. What can one do to drop the humidity. I don't understand this at all! It has maintained 50-60% since I got her 2 weeks ago....

[Kilo]

That could be (that it got wet) because we just cleaned her tub... new aspen... fresh water and such... maybe a drop hit it? What can high humidity do to a snake (if it's not just wet?

[mmchoppers]

scale rot, mold etc..

[tmlowe5704]

more than likely you just got too much moisture on the sensor. my boa spilled some water near the thing and my humidity read high until it dried off.

[frankykeno]

Is there condensation on the enclosure anywhere? Could the snake have peed or spilled water nearby or on the unit? I've had a probe read very oddly. Turned out the snake had a dump right on the probe that was tucked into it's warm side hide (btw a baby diaper wipe cleans the probe of feces w/o damaging it).

[Kilo]

Is there condensation on the enclosure anywhere? Could the snake have peed or spilled water nearby or on the unit? I've had a probe read very oddly. Turned out the snake had a dump right on the probe that was tucked into it's warm side hide (btw a baby diaper wipe cleans the probe of feces w/o damaging it).

No condensation anywhere within the enclosure. I switched out the Acu-Rite with another one last night and got a 63% reading for about 3-4 hours. When I woke up it was back up to 72%. I must mention that I live in Florida.. and well we have a humidity problem down here! The only other thing I can attempt (already made 14 more holes and put a fan right in front of it) is replace the bedding... or perhaps add more bedding (Aspen) (does is soak up humidity?

[frankykeno]

Actually Kyle try replacing the aspen with a few layers of newspaper. Give it at least 24-48 hours and watch your humidity to see if it changes enough. I know for us newspaper seemed to help with that issue (as well as being a dream to clean). It's not as pretty as aspen granted, but maybe try it for a week and see if it helps at all. Watch having that fan blowing directly on a snake's enclosure. While it might help with humidity, the direct draft it's causing isn't a good thing for the snake. Perhaps an overhead fan or one blowing more indirectly to move that stagnant humid air would be better or better yet, a small room dehumidifier (WalMart, Lowe's and Home Depot have small units for very reasonable prices).