Can humidity be too high?

Just like the title says. Can the humidity be too high. Mine is 82. Ambient air temp of 84 and hot spot of 92.

your humidity should be at about 60 percent plus or minus a couple percentage points.

ya too high and your snake will get mouth/scale rot

looks like I have some holes to melt

My humidity is too low, whats the best way to up the humidity and keep it at that humidity.

I've been trying out various methods with my glass tank setup. the things I'm doing:
1) misting. At the moment it seems that two or three times a day(early morning, late afternoon, before bed) is what I'm going to need to do

2) heat lamp over the water bowl. Because of this, I'm going to give the waterbowl a good wash every day in addition to changing out the water, just to be safe and reduce chance of bacteria growth in the cage.

3) I have some cardboard covered in aluminum foil that I use to cover up part of the exposed screen, helps keep moisture and heat from leaking out just enough to be useful (make sure to leave exposed screen area to get air flow, you don't want to suffocate a snake!!)

This is what I'm doing for my 30X12X12 glass cage, and I've been maintaining 50-60% humidity since I got it all set up last night.

There are other ways to improve humidity such as putting damp moss of some kind(I forget the exact name, if you're interested in trying that make sure you find someone to tell you the right stuff to use) in there.. hopefully someone else here can give you more suggestions if you need them :D

I have absolutely no way of lowering my humidity right now.
It stays between 80-85 percent, in my TOWN.
I have more than enough holes, and theres no condensation.

Dehumidifiers are crap.
Sooo, basically, theres not too much I can do. Worry about humidity when condensation forms or the bedding is moist. ;]

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Originally Posted by iM DoCtor

My humidity is too low, whats the best way to up the humidity and keep it at that humidity.

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-a second water dish
-adding moss
-spraying that moss with warm water in a spraybottle
-covering 1/2 of the top of your aquarium with plexi-glass or foil

-using under tank heating pads instead of lamps, but i am not sure if u even are using lamps or have an aquarium. But those tweaks have solved my humidity issues in the past.

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Originally Posted by blackcrystal22

I have absolutely no way of lowering my humidity right now.
It stays between 80-85 percent, in my TOWN.
I have more than enough holes, and theres no condensation.

Dehumidifiers are crap.
Sooo, basically, theres not too much I can do. Worry about humidity when condensation forms or the bedding is moist. ;]

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Do you use a glass cage? Do you use heat lamps or ceramic heaters? Somewhere that is exceptionally humid, those might be a solution rather than a problem for BP comfort!

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

Do you use a glass cage? Do you use heat lamps or ceramic heaters? Somewhere that is exceptionally humid, those might be a solution rather than a problem for BP comfort!

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I use a rack system.
So none of those are an option. :]

Im using a glass tank with a UTH. The air temp right now(9:16PM) is 77* F and humidity is 46% without misting.

Does this sound alright to everyone? It is my first night with my BP and im just trying to make sure ive got everything alright. I got my humidity up from 34% to 46% by adding foil to half the lid like someone suggested.

I feel like the temperature is to low and that i should switch over to the lamp i have so it has good hot basking temp. but im afriad it will ruin the humidity. I used the lamp when i first brought her home and she seemed to really like it, and was climbing up the fake rock structure i have and basking and then i read most people use UTH so i switched.

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Originally Posted by iM DoCtor

Im using a glass tank with a UTH. The air temp right now(9:16PM) is 77* F and humidity is 46% without misting.

Does this sound alright to everyone? It is my first night with my BP and im just trying to make sure ive got everything alright. I got my humidity up from 34% to 46% by adding foil to half the lid like someone suggested.

I feel like the temperature is to low and that i should switch over to the lamp i have so it has good hot basking temp. but im afriad it will ruin the humidity. I used the lamp when i first brought her home and she seemed to really like it, and was climbing up the fake rock structure i have and basking and then i read most people use UTH so i switched.

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You need a warm side at AT LEAST 90-95F and the cool side between 80-85 as well as ambient (air).
Mist the cage to up the humidity to 60%.

So should i switch over to the heat lamp again which was keeping the basking side at 86-90 F and then at night, turn off the heat lamp and turn the heat pad on which keeps it at at around 77 F?

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Originally Posted by iM DoCtor

So should i switch over to the heat lamp again which was keeping the basking side at 86-90 F and then at night, turn off the heat lamp and turn the heat pad on which keeps it at at around 77 F?

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As long as you use a UTH, you can use a heat lamp in conjunction with one to help tempertures.
Why is your UTH reading such low temperatures?

I think i purchased the wrong one >.<

Its Zoo Med 120VAC 60Hz 8W

Does that sound wrong? If so what is the correct one so i can go and buy one tommorow.

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Originally Posted by iM DoCtor

I think i purchased the wrong one >.<

Its Zoo Med 120VAC 60Hz 8W

Does that sound wrong? If so what is the correct one so i can go and buy one tommorow.

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Normally, Zoo Med UTHs from my experience get TOO hot and require a thermostat.
Maybe because it's an 8W. Do they have other wattages available?

aaah.. yeah I can't think of anything that would help you out there :/

They also have a 16 and 24 watt available. I guess ill go get the 16 tommorow, and hopefully they will cut me a deal since it was them that recommended the one i ended up purchasing.

I use a glass tank and a heat lamp, and in summer the humidity was averaging 78-82% here. When it rained, (summer rainfall), the humidity would go up to 85-87%. This place gets hot, and very humid.
I never had a problem of any rot, infection, nothing.
My snake eats every week, sheds fine and is quiet content in her tank.
The vet said she is healthy and beautiful?