BP humidity

Hi i was wandering of any one knew of a way to lower the humiditycause its at a constant 75% to 80% humidity. If you guys would know of a way besides getting a smaller water dish, that wpuld be great. Im just afraid of my BP getting scale rot. I live in dallas, texas so humidity is a problem. The snakes cage is a tub so maybe making more holes, even though there are a lot. Thanks, Walnuts97

You can make more holes to bring down the humidity, but contrary to what many people say or think, just because your humidity is at 70-80% doesn't mean your in trouble from scale rot. As long as there is no condensation and your substrate is dry, a higher humidity is not harmful to your snake. They come from Africa where humidity is almost 100% much of the time. Even in the burrows they occupy.

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Originally Posted by CCfive

You can make more holes to bring down the humidity, but contrary to what many people say or think, just because your humidity is at 70-80% doesn't mean your in trouble from scale rot. As long as there is no condensation and your substrate is dry, a higher humidity is not harmful to your snake. They come from Africa where humidity is almost 100% much of the time. Even in the burrows they occupy.

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Thanks, i heard that too( high humidity does not always mean scale rot) but i just wanted to make sure. Thanks, walnuts97

Anytime

High humidity is cause for concern especially when added with low air circulation. A number of reptile vets speak about this as well (Dr. J Rossi, Dr. R Klingenburg) . The question isn't about humidity it is about air flow. Do you have a good amount of ventilation? The easy way to tell is how different is the enclosure from the weather report for your area or better yet if you know the humidity of your home how different are they. If they are close to the same you should be fine, if they are very different increase your air circulation.

CCfive I am not sure where you got 100% from but Royal pythons are typically collected off the coast and the humidity inland rarely hits 100%. Check it out.

http://www.wunderground.com/history/...q_statename=NA

For anyone interested there is a clutch size location chart CITES did ages ago in this area.

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/cite...thon_ghana.pdf

look at the bottom. Sorry a little off topic...

Than how do i lower humidity when its at a constant 75-80% humidity? And i have a lot of holes already.

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Originally Posted by kitedemon

High humidity is cause for concern especially when added with low air circulation. A number of reptile vets speak about this as well (Dr. J Rossi, Dr. R Klingenburg) . The question isn't about humidity it is about air flow. Do you have a good amount of ventilation? The easy way to tell is how different is the enclosure from the weather report for your area or better yet if you know the humidity of your home how different are they. If they are close to the same you should be fine, if they are very different increase your air circulation.

CCfive I am not sure where you got 100% from but Royal pythons are typically collected off the coast and the humidity inland rarely hits 100%. Check it out.

http://www.wunderground.com/history/...q_statename=NA

For anyone interested there is a clutch size location chart CITES did ages ago in this area.

http://ec.europa.eu/environment/cite...thon_ghana.pdf

look at the bottom. Sorry a little off topic...

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Thank you for correcting me, I did read that in one of the countless books/articles/ quite possibly threads I've read. My tubs usually hover right around 65-70% with a 1/8 gap (they're in a rack) and a fan moving the air within the room.

What kind of substrate are you using?