New keeper and ambient temprature

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Don't be afraid to ask as many questions as you have, that's the whole point of this forum.

Also, don't overthink it. If your humidity fluctuates between 40-60, you're fine. Unless your BP is shedding, you don't need to have constant high humidity.

The RHP doesn't dry out the enclosure at all. The humidity will depend of what kind of bedding you're using though. I personally use the Coconut Husk and it works out great. The RHP does a great job at providing ambient temps. With that being said, size does matter so make sure you get the right wattage. Also, it's not always going to be on. So if you're looking for that constant "hot spot", you're not going to get it. AP enclosures do have a cut-out for UTH probe underneath so you can install one. You will have to play with the temp, but it absolutely possible to heat it up. Personally, I don't a "hot spot", just ambient temp of about 82 but that goes back to the notion of everyone doing things what work for them.

At the same time invest in a proportional thermostat. I personally have the Spyder Robotics Herpstat, but there's other ones as well.

Maybe I should just take a breather and see how things go for a bit then lol. I'm sitting in the 80s right no and at 57% on the hot end 65% on the cool end. I think I'm just stressing because my other animals are low humidity so I don't have to worry about it. I keep crested geckos as well, but of course they don't need heat so I can just spray them once a day and they sit in the 70-80% range all day and night. I'll keep an eye on it over the long weekend and maybe reevaluate next week.

Thanks so much for all your advice by the way, this forum is fantastic!