Humidity too high can be just as bad as humidity too low.



Both can cause infections. If the humidity gets too high, you risk skin infections as well as respiratory infections.



Shame on ME for not knowing proper humidity levels off the top of my head, but 70% is pretty daggone high. I want to say 30-50% would be closer to ideal. You would only want to have higher humidity levels when you know the snake is close to shedding. There are probably some Care Sheets out there somewhere that will say I'm wrong in some way or another, but you can't believe all of them, and Ball Pythons don't need too much in the way of humidity.



OK, I actually just found a care sheet that says they shouldn't be kept below 60% humidity, and I can tell you that is WRONG! A BP that is constantly kept at 60% humidity or higher will get sick!!



I feel pretty comfortable saying that you should aim for 30-50%. Somebody somewhere will disagree, and I welcome the discussion.



Good luck to you!

~Rebecca
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0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)

1.2 Ball Pythons

[1.0 '05 Orange Hypo (Specter)]

[0.1 '05 Het Orange Hypo (Sylvia)]

[0.1 '03 Normal (Sue)]

0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)

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