Sky rocket humidity [90%!!]

Does anyone know anything about how good the zoo med humidity gage is? I put one in just to check my humidity left it alone for an hour or so, went back to check on it and it was at 90% :eek: :eek: :eek: What the :cens0r:?!?!?!?! Obviously this is WAY to high. So i moved water bowl away from the light and tried airing the tank out a bit. It seemed to be going down [PHEW] a little bit so im going to leave it alone for a while then check on it and hopefully its good. I just cannot wait to get my 20g and get it all set up poor snakey.

Any ideas to control the humidity until the new tanks come?

A fan in the room should help.

Was it a digital meter?

Is it an analogue (a little dial) or digital meter? The stick on dials and strips are notoriously inaccurate.


A humidity spike can come from something as simple as water getting splashed on the meter, or the snake peeing near it. And temporary spikes in the humidity (say from ambient weather going on outside) aren't going to hurt the snake...so long as the humidity isn't excessivly high for weeks on end....and so long as the substrate and such stays dry.

Increased ventilation is the best way to help bring humidity down. A fan blowing in the area (without blowing directly on the cage) can help a lot.

I'd put a fan in there but he's in the basement where my room is,a long with my mice. So its already cold there but his temps are fine. [Digi with probes]

An even smaller water dish will help. If you can get one.

Unfortunately basements are a little more humid. Especially if its a little cooler. Have you seen what the humidity level is in the room itself?

And its a tank right? Do you have the top covered with anything? That may be raising your humidity levels also.

I've got my little girl in a tub and she's got the smallest water dish the store had and it keeps the tub at a steady 54%.

Just moving your water dish like you did should help out though.