Why do BP's do this?

[missi182]

yeah I have mine in a tank too, and I never understood all this talk from people about humidity problems. With only aspen as a substrate, and my water bowl positioned in the coolest spot possible, my humidity just wouldn't drop below about 70!

I finally cut a hole in my plexi lid and put a light in it. That did the trick! lol
I'll probably have to do the damp paper towel trick now when she goes into blue

The reason you don't seem to have any humidity issues is because your lid is plexi, which is a great way to go. Alot of tank users have screen lids, which let most of the humidity out if not covered properly.

51-50, I don't think your snake is in dire danger or anything, but to not measure humidity is an indicator that you may have a few husbandry issues. I'm not saying your doing anything wrong, your temps sound fine, but there sounds to be a few things that may need some tweaking with your enclosure. I'm not trying to insult you in anyway, I'm just trying to give you some positive criticism which you can choose to ignore or listen to.

Other than the need to measure your humidity, dial thermometers have been proven by myself and countless others in the herping community to be VERY inaccurate. Some will measure close to actual temps, but they can easily stick and stop measuring temps all together or be thrown off by as much as 10 degrees.

Another question I have is do you use a UTH? If you do, it is almost impossible to read the temps on the surface of the glass with a dial, which is why the thermometer/hygrometer digital combo's are recommended as many of them have a probe you can use to measure surface temps with.

I am still being offered advice on a regular basis, and I am happy to receive it. I hope you feel this way as well.