humidity is owning me

34 quart tub enclosure.

2 hides. Newspaper substrate. Driftwood. And about a 2 inch round water dish.

32 1/4 inch holes. With a fan blowing on the tub. And the humidity is still around 75 to 80%.

More holes?

82 cool side
92.8 warm side
80.4 ambient

More holes and maybe try moving the waterdish more to the cool side. Then during shed u can slide the water bowl closer to the warmer side and wont have to worry about misting

Hey fearless thanks for the reply. Her water dish in an even smaller 1 I just picked up. I just soldered like 10 more holes in the tub.

Humidity is sitting at about 64%. But I just put it all back together. I also shut the cool side uth off. And her belly is seeing 82 degrees. So maybe I can leave that one off for now. See how it does.

Ill have to see what happens with it. I thought for sure id have plenty of holes in it!

I switched to a tub for heat and humidity issues. I didn't know they we're THIS damn efficient! Haha

Thanks for the reply. And more input is always appreciated.

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Humidity is sitting at about 64%. But I just put it all back together. I also shut the cool side uth off. And her belly is seeing 82 degrees. So maybe I can leave that one off for now. See how it does.

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Didn't know many people used cool side UTH's. Maybe that was what was kicking the humidity so high?

I thought room temperature would be self sustaining as a cool side unless your room is air conditioned, I can see why, but then the humidity problem shouldn't be an issue. Let us know what happens with the UTH on the cool side off.

Thanks for the help everybody! Yes unfortunately the room is air conditioned. The house is at about 77 to 78 degrees.

Room humidity is about 55.

Cool side had to be turned back on. Temps right under the newspaper fell below 81. Its on a dimmer though. So its keeping the cool side perfect.

The itty bitty water dish is in the coldest corner of the enclosure.

I just let it rest for an hour. Came back and the humidity is right back at 75%! Cut me some slack here you freakin tub!! Haha

So there's a total of about 40 some holes in this thing. All of em are right around the edges right in the middle of the height of the enclosure.

Any ideas? Thanks for the support guys/gals!

Don't give up on me!!

I would try some holes in the lid, my logic being that heat rises so some holes in the lid might drop some of the humidity.

Hell its worth a shot! Haha

I'm just a little worried that the ambient temps might drop off. Be the idea that the lid is trapping the rising heat and keeping the ambient temps up.

Let's go pop some more holes!!!

If thats the case then its nothing a little tape won't fix. Worst comes to worst you get yourself an extra tub, which is handy to have around for cleaning, and a new lid.

Ok 6 more holes across the lid. I positioned em equally over the cool end where the water dish resides. Let's see what happens.

Like you said either it will help or some duct tape will be in order.

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Ok 6 more holes across the lid. I positioned em equally over the cool end where the water dish resides. Let's see what happens.

Like you said either it will help or some duct tape will be in order.

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It must be so routine and easy for you to make those holes.

By now I bet you make perfect sized holes with no plastic scattered all over the place :cool:

Hahaha! I'm a surgeon with a soldering iron. I use a butane one. And not to brag but yeah those little holes are superb.

I build lowrider trucks in my spare time aside from being a carpenter.

Yeah!!!! Humidity dropped 5%! Haha

Still not enough. I'm still cruising at about 70%.

More holes? Maybe some over the warm side too?

Currently they're only over the cool side.

My enclosure is starting to look like Swiss cheese. Hahaha. It don't have to be pretty. I just want it functional.

I'm still a firm believer in tubs over glass. Having only recently switched over. So I'm not giving up.

Hmm lees summit missouri weather report says relative humidity in my area is 67%.

Maybe that's a factor.

Anybody notice an increase in humidity in your enclosure in conjunction with your area?

yea after it rains the humidity usually goes up. you can try a dehumidifier in the room, that might bring things down a bit.

also you might want to check your hydrometer, it might be broken or off some how. if it is an acurite, pop the battery out for about 30 sec and then put it back in. that'll reset it, might help might not, but it's worth a shot.

Yeah I have 2 of the accurites. Ill try pullin the batteries when I get home from work.

If it doesn't change ill take it back and get a new one from wally world.

I don't have the box but man wal mart will take anything back. Haha

I did get a few drops of water on it a week or so ago. Maybe that's what's doing it. Maybe it messed something up.

try to poke some holes on the warm side so the air can circulate. not a lot though. Id say, poke 3 holes and come check every 10mins or so..

If there's enough sweating in the tub, or piddle under the paper, so that the acurite gets wet, then you'll need a few hours for the hygrometer to dry out enough to give you an ACCURATE reading.


You should be making holes evenly throughout the tub, that will probably help. Then wait about an hour for it to stabilize. Ambient humidity makes a difference too, unless your snake tub is in a vacuum, which it isn't.


:)

If your tub has become swiss cheese and it's still too high, you can always try hanging a small flannel or canvas bag (something that will allow the rice to 'breath') with some long grain white rice in from the top of the enclosure. Rice will absorb a lot of moisture, and it's fairly cheap.

It will not make an instant difference, and could take a bit to notice a huge difference but it has worked for me in the past. If you notice that the rice is absorbing too much of the humidity you can simply dump out some of the rice till you find the ideal amount, not enough and you can add some more!

And it's also a simple and cheap solution which can be modified on a need basis... I get VERY humid summers and fairly dry winters, so it's only really necessary for me for a few months of the year...

Its actually doing a lot better. Its down from about 75% to about 65%.

I'm gonna feed her here in a few minutes. I'm gonna pop a few more holes in the lid. 6 more holes and I think ill be set.

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Its actually doing a lot better. Its down from about 75% to about 65%.

I'm gonna feed her here in a few minutes. I'm gonna pop a few more holes in the lid. 6 more holes and I think ill be set.

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I guess the ambient temps weren't affected by the holes in the lid? Just wondering out of curiousities sake.

Nope! Stayed exactly the same!!

Sweet Deal,

Glad my suggestion helped you out a bit without causing another problem.

Just checked on it. I punched some more holes with my soldering iron scalpel. Haha.

She ate with no problems.

Humidity is presently at 60%. I need it in the 50's don't I? Low 50's? Mid? High?

And 70 ish for shedding?

The acceptable range is from 40-60%.

VPI say's something to the effect of...and I'm not quoting because I can't remember exactly...

You should strive to achieve the lowest possible humidity while still having perfect sheds from your snake.

Sounds like something confuscious would say but it makes sense and over time and fine tuning you can find your snakes ideal humidity.