Humidity too High!!

I got a Plastic cage today, and the humidity won't go below 90...I've drilled and drilled more and more holes... But it won't drop..any suggestions?

What substrate are you using?

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

What substrate are you using?

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Cypress mulch...

heh, my cypress mulch did that too the first time I got it out of the bag into a cage. After about 2 days the humidity dropped to 70% and was relatively stable

try making the existing holes a tad bigger, rather than drilling more holes. Or bins where a night mare to control. we made 30 holes lol!! after a while we had no where to drill , so we made the holes a tad bigger and bingo, humidity went down.. my only other suggestion is , dont drill all the holes bigger in one shot.. drill a few and test humidity, you dont want the opposite problem on your hands.

hope that helps.

Your issue is your substrate, Plastic cages hold humidity in so well that you really ned a humidity neutral substrate. Aspen, paper based substrates, or Cypress that has been dried in the oven

You can also try using a small oscillating fan to help circulate the air better...

The cypress mulch is moist inside the bag. It won't stay that way. In a couple days, the mulch will dry out and the humidity will drop a lot. I wouldn't keep putting holes in the cage. Just remember, snakes do come across wet areas once in a while in the wild and have to deal with it. If you are very concerned, put newspaper over the mulch in order to keep the snake dry. After a few days though, humidity will drop to the normal amount in your house.

Star

What is the RH of the room? The next question is the hygrometer working properly? You could do a salt test or a simple quick and dirty test a damp cloth over the top of the probe it should be about as close to 100%

To help dry out the cypress a little quicker take some paper towels, fold them into squares and place in corner and just replace every day. Paper towels absorb a lot of the humidity. How big is your water bowl?
Tom

Thanks for all the replies !

I replaced the Cypress with newspaper, and bingo, the humidity is fluctuating between 48 - 62, give or take..