humidity question

[angelgrinder]

hey guys is it ok to put the water bowl over the hot spot to raise humidity? i heard it could be bad for bacteria but what if i change the water every day would this be ok? thanks any help would br great. cheers

[The Serpent Merchant]

that is 100% fine, many people do it. just make sure to change the date at least every other day, and disinfect it with something like Chlorhexidine or F10 often

[jnoh]

Not a single thing wrong with that!

[kitedemon]

just keep it clean

[satomi325]

Sounds perfect to me.

[Ashleigh91]

Actually I was wondering about this too. I had my water dish over my UTH, but the water got really warm. Is that an issue at all?

[kitedemon]

It will not get hotter than the hot side temp, 90º is not really warm so if it feels warm to you (body temp 96.8º) you might want to check your hot side temps.

[Ashleigh91]

It was from my 'test run' so I didn't have a thermostat at that time. So that's probably why it seemed warm to me >.< sorry.

[Ashleigh91]

Although - now that I'm not half asleep - if your hand is going from a 60ish degree room temp into 92 degree water, it is still gonna feel warm lol. But yeah, I get that it wouldn't be a problem. I just remembered reading a thread on here where a lot of people said that they noticed that when giving cool water their snakes would come right over and drink, where as with warm they would pretty much ignore it. So I wasn't sure if that would be the same with water warmed up by the UTH.

Anyways, I'm fairly sure my humidity is fine w/out it

Just wanted to clarify my bleary post from last night.