Humidity problems

I will also mention to WATCH your UTH CAREFULLY. I had a UTH under my tank with a previous snake and somehow the tank got cracked just above the UTH while I was on a short vacation. Moisture seeped into the UTH and caused the snake to be electrocuted- I will probably hate myself forever for her senseless death :(

We had problems with humidity also in glass tanks and this is what worked for us...aluminum foil taped over the top of the screen, leaving only a small section open. I cut it to fit around the heat lamps (which are low wattage because they do suck up the humidity). Someone else on here suggested a humidity hide so I tried that and it's great. I got a plastic box from Wal-Mart, soaked some moss to put in it, and the snakes love it. This hide is on top of the UTH so that helps too. I also spritz with water occasionally and they don't have any problems with shedding. One of our snakes will stay in her humidity hide the entire time she's in shed.

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Originally Posted by psychoduck

I will also mention to WATCH your UTH CAREFULLY. I had a UTH under my tank with a previous snake and somehow the tank got cracked just above the UTH while I was on a short vacation. Moisture seeped into the UTH and caused the snake to be electrocuted- I will probably hate myself forever for her senseless death :(

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Oh no. :( How awful. Should I worry about the UTH I have otw cracking the glass?