Quote Originally Posted by Seviper View Post
So my uncle and I placed a total of eight holes on the long side of my 5L RUB, using a soldering iron, and it was absolutely horrible. The smell of burning plastic made me feel ill, but nevertheless, it is over now. I haven't yet placed the heat mat under it yet, but I decided to slip my thermometer&hydrometer hybrid probe inside the tub and switched it on, and with the water it was reading about 55-56% humidity, without water in the little dish it is at 54%. I assume that is going to be okay, when I put my heat mat under it and hook it up to my thermostat, I'd imagine the humidity would jump to about 62% or so. ( Temperature was reading about 23.4C/74F without the heat mat ). Would humidity in the 60s be good for a BP? Regardless of age.

( Just like to point out that I don't have the snake... YET! )
Everything should be fine. It is hard to have low humidity problems in a tub. If you feel the humidity is low, put the water over the heating pad. If you start to get a lot of condensation put the water on the cool side. The only humidity problems I generally have with my tubs is when one of my big girls decides she wants to turn her tub into a water park by flipping her bowl. If this happens it needs to be cleaned up asap. Others have devised methods to prevent this from happening but I prefer to let my breeding females move their water bowls. Once again, any visible condensation is usually a good indicator that the tub needs service. Either the animal has defecated or there is spilled water.