I just got my BP a month ago and I'm having a problem maintaining the humidity in the habitat. He's only about a foot long so I'm keeping him in 10 gallon aquarium. The aquarium came with a locking screen top which I keep covered except for the corner where I have a heat lamp. I've been keeping it covered with a towel which I believe may be part of the problem since it may be absorbing some of the moisture. I keep the water dish on the cool side of the tank. I'm not sure if it should be below the heat lamp so that the water could evaperate better. I've also been misting the cage every so often to try and keep the humidy up, but I'm afraid of doing it too often since I'm using cypress mulch as the substrate and I don't want it to start to mold (although the heat lamp dried it up pretty quickly). I bought a humidity gage, but it's just one of the plastic ones from the pet store. It isn't one of the round gages that has a needle that moves to whatever range of moisture is in the tank, but is just a strip that changes colors depending on the the level of humidity. So far, it hasn't risen above 0%. Does anybody know what I'm doing wrong or have any suggestions? He looks like he's starting to shed and I want it to be a good shed. Please help.

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