thanks for the help....I'm only home for a minute at the moment. I'm hoping to eventually build a cage, which will be mostly wood, so that should help. As for now, got the acu-rite, placed it against the back wall (so under the lamp, but sitting on the ground), with probe in the far cool corner. Right now it reads 91.8, 74.5, and about 41% humidity....I'm going to try switching the location of the main unit & the probe to see if it's reading too much heat from the lamp. Otherwise, it's just the cool side that appears too cool.....with my current glass setup w/screen, other than covering part of the screen (will do asap), how can I raise humidity? Can't fit a much bigger bowl. Have used damp paper towels in hide to help....how often can I mist? The lamp dries that up pretty quickly....thanks for responses!