If the humidity is low how do I increase it and vice versa?
Save your money and buy the AccuRite pictured above. You can get it at Walmart for $12 where they sell their indoor/outdoor thermometers.
It measures indoor and outdoor temps (warm and cool side temps) AND humidity in one device. You set it up in the cool side of the enclosure (indoor temps) and run the probe to the warm side and set it on top of the substrate inside the hide (outdoor temps). Since my snakes like to turn it over by crawling on it, I velcro'd it to the inside of the enclosure at the ground level (you don't want to mount it high, because you're trying to measure ground temps, where your snake actually resides).
If humidity is too low, mist your enclosure, if it's too high, watch for it to come back down, and get a smaller water dish so that there's less water surface to evaporate.
Also for the UTH I am not sure which size to get. Should I be trying to cover the entire base of my small habitat or just a specific section?
Only half of the enclosure - you want to have a thermal gradiant - a warm and cool side of the enclosure. You'll also want to have a thermostat to control it on. UTH's can get very hot and burn your snake if they aren't regulated by a thermostat. Also, make sure your substrate is an inch or less thick so that the heat can penetrate the substrate.
Save your money and buy the AccuRite pictured above. You can get it at Walmart for $12 where they sell their indoor/outdoor thermometers.
It measures indoor and outdoor temps (warm and cool side temps) AND humidity in one device. You set it up in the cool side of the enclosure (indoor temps) and run the probe to the warm side and set it on top of the substrate inside the hide (outdoor temps). Since my snakes like to turn it over by crawling on it, I velcro'd it to the inside of the enclosure at the ground level (you don't want to mount it high, because you're trying to measure ground temps, where your snake actually resides).
If humidity is too low, mist your enclosure, if it's too high, watch for it to come back down, and get a smaller water dish so that there's less water surface to evaporate.
$30 dollars for a hygrometer! Holy cow, save your money and buy what I pictured before. You can buy 2 Acurites for the price of one hygrometer from petsmart, and the acurites measure all 3 instead of just one like Rabernet pointed out.
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