80% + humidity

[Coty]

I have just gotten a tiny baby snow corn, and the room where I am keeping her has gone from 73% yesterday to over 80% today. It has been raining for most of the day today, however I don't know that the ambient humidity gets much lower than 70 around here during the summer (I live right near the water which doesn't help).

I am using a 10 g aquarium w/ a screen top. The water dish is tiny and it is on the cool side. My temps are just about 75 on the cool side (the ambient air temp) and just about 85 on the glass where the UTH is (regulated by a rheostat). I am using paper towel for substrate.

My amel is in my room where the AC is, and the humidity has been at around 58%-64%. The reason I started keeping her in my bedroom is because that is where the AC is and when I got her I was worried that the humidity (which was around 75%) was going to be a problem.

I have seen a lot of threads on here that have dealt with humidity being too low, but I have not had much luck in finding any ways to deal with humidity that is too high. I went pricing dehumidifiers and they were all $150.00 +, which unfortunately is not in the budget at the moment (although I may have to suck it up and shell out).

From what I understand, long-term exposure to high humidity is considered to be a contributing factor in RI's. While I do not intend to keep my new baby in that quarantine area much longer than a month, she is tiny (about 7 g) and I do not want to mess around with any potential health risks.

Any input is appreciated.

 

[jenneses]

While I don't have an answer for the humidity affecting the snake question, I have a suggestion for the room itself. You may be able to find another AC (which dehumidifies) cheap through freecycle or craigs list. I actually got an AC from a tag sale for $10.

 

[Coty]

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, my antivirus flagged the local freecycle email confirmation as "high risk" (it did not have an authentic security certificate iirc) so I never joined.

Craigslist isn't a bad idea. Unfortunately, the "room" that I use for quarantine adjoins my kitchen and most of the house so an AC would need to be strong enough for almost the whole house (it is a 3 bedroom house so it is small but not tiny).

The only other room that is available has the washing machine and dryer in it which would not work.

:-offtopic I actually used to rent that room out and couldn't help but laugh when someone was doing their laundry and the kid who lived in there would be pouring with sweat (hehe yeah I am really sympathetic).