alright..I need your heating advice

Hola herps amigos/amigas,
I have a pretty strong feeling my 40 gallon tank isnt going to be heating the right way.Along with some humidity problems.

So heres the deal.
Gots me a big ole 40 gallon tank, tall and narrow.
-On the "hot end" I have a UTH and the main heat source a 240 watt bulb.
plus a dinky stick on thermometer.
-In the middle "the nauture zone" as I call it I have the leafy hid and bark log thing along with a container i punched holes in and left a wet sponge in to create some humidity.I also have a 25 watt red bulb above the cage in that area. Here I keep the thermometer and humidity gage parked.
-On the "chillin end" I have his log hide, some bark positioned so he can climb and a black light partially over more closer to the red light placed in the middle.

The hot side stays around 87-90
the nature zone around 80
and the chillen end 75-ish

now my humidity is at only 30%, totally not what it sould be, where should I place his water bowl....
Would i be rotten to place it mostly in the hot side? I can spray the cage down while im home during the day but in the evening I am at work and I dont trust my boyfriend to do so. What options do I have to have to get an even balance of temp and humidity...I would post pictures but my home pc had a brain spazam and i am being a rotten employee and using my work pc.

help me out if you guys can, I know it takes a few days to get a new tank set up right.

Well I'll take a shot here. Your humidity is low due to the combination of a glass tank w/ screen top and multiple heat lamps sucking the moisture out of the air. Also, your temps are off. You need to be at 92-94 in the hot end and 82-84 in the cool. Temps need to be taken with a real thermometer (Accurite sold at Walmart for $10), not those crap stick on types which are USELESS. You are setting your snake up for a respiratory infection, poor feeding, poor sheds and a miserable life. Please, check out the caresheet on this site and make the necessary corrections. Best of luck!

Jamie

thanks, walmart is only a hop skip and jump away!!

i understand your concern about the right temps, the many care sheets and two books i have boughten are not the same, each one varies when it comes to the right temps for a ball pythons home. also to help with the escape of heat I covered one third of the top. once I get my **** straight I'll post how it was all done in case other people suffer from this mess.

Best of luck. There are many wrong source of information out there. Trust the advice you get here and you cant go wrong! :)