Scale Rot Concerns

At what humidity do I need to start worrying about scale rot?

The reason I ask is because I moved my baby BP Jacques into a bigger enclosure with cypress bark substrate, which I layered with about a half-inch of damp (not wet) bark on the bottom and another half-inch dry bark on top of that. That's worked best for me in keeping the humidity at least above 50-60%.

The problem is, the humidity hovers more around 75-80%. Worse, whenever I take Jacques out of his tank, his underside is covered with damp cypress. He's not terribly wet when that happens and I dry him off each time, but it's still got me worried. Is this a problem, or would it take more than that to cause scale rot?

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Originally Posted by hecho_en_japon

At what humidity do I need to start worrying about scale rot?

The reason I ask is because I moved my baby BP Jacques into a bigger enclosure with cypress bark substrate, which I layered with about a half-inch of damp (not wet) bark on the bottom and another half-inch dry bark on top of that. That's worked best for me in keeping the humidity at least above 50-60%.

The problem is, the humidity hovers more around 75-80%. Worse, whenever I take Jacques out of his tank, his underside is covered with damp cypress. He's not terribly wet when that happens and I dry him off each time, but it's still got me worried. Is this a problem, or would it take more than that to cause scale rot?

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Thats scale Rot waiting to happen if you ask me. There is only suppose to be 1/4" total over the UTH where they lay anyways & that thin of a layer wouldn't stay wet.

I'll get on changing that ASAP.

Good thing I haven't even had him in there for a week yet...

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Originally Posted by hecho_en_japon

I'll get on changing that ASAP.

Good thing I haven't even had him in there for a week yet...

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You can have substrate deeper around the enclosure but keep it 1/4" where hides go. Also if the wood is wet (or snakes belly) that wood is to wet.