Humidity too high!

[bcr229]

I would switch to paper towels or newspaper, save the cypress for a time of year when there is less humidity in the house.

[DSpythons]

Let the cypress air dry. It comes moist out of the bag so if you let that moisture escape and dry out it will still hold humidity created by the water in the dish evaporating but will not start out wet already. Depends on the brand though, Zoo Med forest floor is very damp out of the bag.

[MarkS]

First off, what are you using to measure the humidity? Quite a few off the shelf humidistats really aren't very accurate, as long as the humidity level isn't so high that she's doing the backstroke she should be fine

[FireStorm]

In my experience, those zoomed thermostats are a pain. You are just going to have to set it towards the lower end, let it stabilize, check the temps then adjust from there.

[alykoz]

Thanks! I will definitely try that. I like the naturalness of the cypress so I'll try the drying out method first. Hopefully it works. Unfortunately I have to be in the car for six hours right now but I took her water dish out earlier so hopefully that helps a bit.
And I have a digital one from LLL. From what I can tell, it seems pretty accurate.

Here's a pic if anyone wants to see

[DSpythons]

Thanks! I will definitely try that. I like the naturalness of the cypress so I'll try the drying out method first. Hopefully it works. Unfortunately I have to be in the car for six hours right now but I took her water dish out earlier so hopefully that helps a bit.
And I have a digital one from LLL. From what I can tell, it seems pretty accurate.

Here's a pic if anyone wants to see

Nice butter!

[kitedemon]

Digital hygrometers are very sensitive to things like dust and dirt damage to cords ect. They work on micro resistance so anything that might make a tiny change in resistance will alter them. Testing is easy digital a purchased test kit (http://www.amazon.com/Quality-Import.../dp/B000A3UBLA) analogue a salt test will tell the accuracy quickly. (http://www.cigarsinternational.com/c.../29/salt-test/)

The other part is understanding RH.
Relative Humidity
The ratio of the amount of water vapor in the air at a specific temperature to the maximum amount that the air could hold at that temperature, expressed as a percentage.

Royal (ball) pythons need 15.5gm/m3 of water to shed properly. The RH value changes depending on ambient temps.

Lets use your numbers as the example.
RH 76%
@ ambient air temps of 75ºF that is 16.4 gm/m3 only slightly high.
@ ambient air temps of 70ºF that is 14.0 gm/m3 actually this would be too low.
@ ambient air temps of 80ºF that is 19.3 gm/m3 this is on the high side.
@ ambient air temps of 85ºF that is 22.5 gm /m3 that is fairly high
@ ambient air temps of 94ºF that is 29.3 gm/m3 quite high.

All of these a hygrometer will read 76% but ranges from bad sheds to good sheds.

At the end of the day high humidity (15.5+) is usually only a problem when coupled with poor ventilation good air flow helps prevent the over abundance of bacteria (ect.) that leads to health issues. If you have high RH the best action is just step up the cleaning and disinfecting cycles. When I have extended periods of high humidity, (today is reading 55% but the air temp is 87ºF 17.4 gm/m3 high if it holds for more than a few weeks I'll start cleaning on a two week cycle rather than a 3+ week cycle.

[alykoz]

it's gone down to the 50s now after drying out the cypress and I saved some still moist so I could add any if I needed. thanks for the help!

[Annarose15]

Thanks! I will definitely try that. I like the naturalness of the cypress so I'll try the drying out method first. Hopefully it works. Unfortunately I have to be in the car for six hours right now but I took her water dish out earlier so hopefully that helps a bit.
And I have a digital one from LLL. From what I can tell, it seems pretty accurate.

Here's a pic if anyone wants to see

She's a pretty girl! Everyone pretty much covered your humidity questions. I do want to correct your nomenclature a little, though. She is a butter, but there's no such thing as "a little pinstripe". What you're seeing is just striping down her back, which isn't the same as a pinstripe gene. As I said before, though, pretty girl!

[alykoz]

She's a pretty girl! Everyone pretty much covered your humidity questions. I do want to correct your nomenclature a little, though. She is a butter, but there's no such thing as "a little pinstripe". What you're seeing is just striping down her back, which isn't the same as a pinstripe gene. As I said before, though, pretty girl!

thanks. yeah I realized that after I posted. I was confused cuz the guy who sold her said her mom was a pinstripe. what genes usually create butters? I tried looking it up but didn't really get a simple answer haha.