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Humidity Problem?

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VanguardFed

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After losing a baby corn last month, I am doing what I should have done then and am making sure that everything in the cage is exactly as it should be. I set up a 30 gal aquarium with a lamp that turns on and off with sunrise and sunset respectively, and an under tank heater that is connected to a thermostat set to 87F. I set up 4 hides (two cork pieces and two paper towel tubes) as well as several fake plants and a water bowl. I cleaned the cage and everything in it with a 1/16 bleach solution and set up a separate feeding cage. The cover is a mesh screen top, so it should be well ventilated. I got a hygrometer today and added that, and this is where I have my first concern. I have read that the humidity for corn snakes should be between 10-50%, but my hygrometer reads 70, that seems to be far out of the bounds that I should expect household levels to be. Could it just be because I sprayed it down earlier? If so, when should I expect it to normalize? Is there something I can do to bring it down?
 
It seems that I always figure out the answer to my problems after posting them, I took a closer look thinking that there was no way it could be right, and sure enough, it was not a hygrometer but a thermometer. Ah well, I can stick it on the cold side to monitor that side and get an actual hygrometer tomorrow.
 
That's a Home Simpson "doh!" moment :D

For the record, the humidity should be around 40-60% but mine still gets into the 30s and occasionally the 20s (percent) in the winter. It's not a big deal if it's a little low, but you might have to mist inside the enclosure during shedding time, or use a humid hide.

And if the humidity in your home is at 10%, it won't just be the snakes that are suffering!
 
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