Re: Way too humid, don't know what else to do
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Originally Posted by
Albert Clark
That has not been my experience. I use these VE 100's and find them to be very accurate. If I get a reading that is elevated like over 70% I know something is wrong. Either the reptile has tilted the water dish or he has urinated and or defecated. I rely on them to let me know what's going on in the enclosure. They are pretty reliable in my experiences. If I get a reading of 85% -99% I know definitely there is defecation in the tub. Never fails.
Mine must be from just a bad batch, but I have to wonder how many other bad ones were sold with them. They gave different readings when next to each other on the desk, one would switch spontaneously from F to C, and they all ended having display problems - parts of the number would just be missing. New batteries did not fix the problems. I really wish they worked! They are good looking, and have a large display (even with glasses, I have poor eyesight).
Until they are replaced with something reliable, visual inspection, smell, and tactile signs in my enclosures will have to do. A dry fern in dry moss would indicate more humidity needed, while persistent condensation on the glass would indicate too much. Just opening the doors can relay a sense that the enclosure smells fresh and woodsy, or stale and stuffy.
My initial suggestion was more toward trusting one's own senses over an instrument reading that apparently doesn't make sense (although personally, I know I CAN'T trust my own sense of temperature). The OP showed a pic with a bare tub that had ventilation holes, apparently free of condensation, and bare of any moisture retaining substrate. Based on the pic, such a high reading seemed unlikely, esp. since it is winter, necessitating dry central heating for most of us. I just found that reading very questionable.
