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[ron]

ok i have a 40 gal aquarium and uth on one side news paper on bottom of tank.temp has been good little over 90 and around 79 to 80 on the other side humidity has been around 60%.. all of a sudden my temp is 85 and staying about 60 on the other side .. i did the tinfoil and duck tape on the top at the start..now samson his eyes look cloudy so think he is going to shed? i put in another small bowl of water to try raise the humidity is this ok i but a second one of those uth's on side as says you can is this ok?read that if he doesn't shed out right to give him a bath ... as i have just had him for a little under 2 weeks. havn't handled him much and when i do he pulls his head back hasn't struck..

[JLC]

Hi, and welcome to BP.net!


How old is your new BP? A 40 gal is a HUGE enclosure for a young'un. But if you're able to maintain proper temps and humidity in a tank that size, and the snake is eating and acting normally, then it's fine.

But are you maintaining temps and humidity? I'm confused a bit by this:

all of a sudden my temp is 85 and staying about 60 on the other side

Does that mean the temps are dropping to 60 degrees in part of the tank?!? Or did you just mean that your high temps are only 85, but the humidity is still around 60%?

What are you using to measure your temps and humidity?

For the time being, it seems like things should be ok, unless your temps are dropping as low as it sounded. That would need to be fixed ASAP. If humidity is really at 60%, just keep watching and waiting for him to shed out and see how it goes.

Has he eaten for you, yet?

[ron]

high tem droped from 90-92 to 85 lows stayed close to same around the 80 temp..humidity droped from 57-60% to 50.. using diatal temp and humidity readers.. got him just under 2 weeks ago was told he is around a yr old.. he is i would say 34 to 36"

[JLC]

Alrighty...to boost the humidity up a bit, as you've already mentioned, you can put additional water bowls in there. A wide, shallow dish over the heat source will evaporate quickly. If that doesn't work well enough, you can also put some loose blobs of wet paper towels in there, and just change them out every other day or so for fresh ones.

[ron]

thanks so much i will but some wet towel in