cant get humidity abover around 25%

:banana:tried everything :taz: even took about 4 paper towels soaked them and put them under my ceramic heat bulb! using repti bark as substrate.. might swap to coco dirt after this though i got my temps right.. hotside 2 heatpads and my ceramic heat bulb.. pads are set at 92 go from 89 to 95. :colbert: cold side is around 70 - 75 and she is ALWAYS in that hide.. but right now as i looked over i think i just found out why.. they are the 56% wood hides and the one she is in. the opening is much bigger.. hmm i just dont want my snake to be uncomfortable :( any ideas :banana: sorry for the bannanas and taz friends 2 year old is sitting on my lap insisting i click them

How are you regulating the heat?

Did you check to see if its the humidity gauge not just causing the problem. Your gauge might of broke.

Heat pads controlled by hydrofarm heat lamp is controlled by zoomed but is on full blast

Well the heat lamp is the reason the humidity is bad, can you use only the UTH with the thermostat? In my experience most heat lamps make the enclosure way too hot anyways...

The ceramic heat bulb is sucking the humidity out. Glass tanks and heat bulbs are humidity killers!

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

The ceramic heat bulb is sucking the humidity out. Glass tanks and heat bulbs are humidity killers!

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This is all to true. I used to have my bp's housed in glass tanks and they were always trying to escape and the humidity was just crap. I use tubs in a rack now and I don't have any more problems with snakes trying to escape or low humidity.

if you only use a uth and no heat lamp.. wont the "cool side" drop too low?

Depends on how big of a tank you are using and how cold it gets in your house...

just using 10 gal tanks house around 68 for low.. was just wondering because i can tell my humiditys have dropped with the lamp going