Brand New BP owner... condensation in the hide?

[JohnnyHart]

Good morning all!

I JUST got my 2012 male bp yesterday from Renick Reptiles. When I took him out of the bad, he was hissing a lot, so I put him in his tank (didnt want to get bit lol) but my real question is that I'm concerned because when I lifted up his hide on the warm side, there was condensation all on the inside of the hide. I have cypress mulch, and the temp is usually 88-89.

I'm sure this cant be healthy, what should I do?

thanks!
Johnny

[mackynz]

What is your humidity at?

[RetiredJedi]

He may have pee'd in there. If not you have to find a way to get more air flow in the tank to lower the humidity.

[JohnnyHart]

What is your humidity at?

its at 62% currently

[RetiredJedi]

its at 62% currently

I've never had condensation at 62%. My pastel is in shed and his humidity is at 75% and there's no condensation. I still think he could have urinated in the hide at some time last night.

[SRMD]

cypress mulch holds humidity and moisture really well, just try cleaning the area the hide is on maybe put a smaller paper towel under the hide.. try and fix it asap and then just leave him for like 3/4 days then start handling like 5-10mins a day dont wanna stress him out too bad..

and i x2 the air flow

[JohnnyHart]

I've never had condensation at 62%. My pastel is in shed and his humidity is at 75% and there's no condensation. I still think he could have urinated in the hide at some time last night.

I was thinking that could be it too.. but the substrate is dry? I'm just really paranoid that he is going to get an infection of some kind.

[SRMD]

can you post pictures of the enclosure you've got him in?

[JohnnyHart]

can you post pictures of the enclosure you've got him in?

how do I put the picture in the thread?

[SRMD]

how do I put the picture in the thread?

if you upload the picture to photobucket or tinypic.com there will be a code you can copy from there