Correct Humidity for BP's

What is the correct humidity for BP's. I have read many different things?
My hygrometer reads 30%
It came with the set up, perhaps I should invest in a nicer one?

yeah, invest in a nicer one. and get the humidity up, cuz even a cheap hygro shouldn't read 30%... my bp's do perfectly fine with a bouncing humidity of 60-70%.

Normally I keep it between 45% and 55% during a shed though I knock it up to 70% 75%. I also use the digital temp/humidty device you can get them at Wal-Mart for about 15 bucks. Definetly worth the investment.

Thanks. What can I do to bring the humidity up? I live in Arizona where it is very dry? Shall I mist the substrate? I am using Fir bark.

you can use a larger water dish, cover the top of the enclosure with some sort of plastic or duct-tape... buy a water pump to circulate the water... read around bro, there are hundreds of things posted around this site about humidity.

In addition to using a large water dish, try using one that conducts heat well, like ceramic, glass, terra cotta, instead of plastic. Particularly since you live in such a dry area, it will be very important for you to monitor your humidity closely and accurately.

For humidity instead of misting I bought a little mist device.
It sits in Bob's water dish (glass) and when the humidty needs to go up I plug it in it fogs up the tank and the humidity is good for a while. Another way if you are using a screen top is to cover most of it with duct tape make sure to cover the inside and outside of the top with it.

I use both methods and really have no issues keeping the humidity good.

Here's a pretty good link covering housing set-up
http://www.ball-pythons.net/index.ph...er=asc&start=0

Humidity is best between 50-60% normally, and boosted to 60-70% during shed (after blue eyes etc.) Humidity was my biggest battle with my set-up (picture on above link) hence the contact paper.

Hope this helps - glad you're here!! :)

My pecision keeps about a 75% humidity. And my wooden ones stay around 60%.

Sheds are pretty good too.

I use a TropicAire humidifer to keep my humidity at a steady 65% in a glass tank with duct tape across the top and I have a light on the cool side and still keep it at 65% . Thing works great especially in low humidity situations.
I keep 65% and bump to 70-75% in shed and so far ( fingers crossed ) no shed problems.