I have been racking my poor brain trying to increase the humidity in my AP cages. Last week, I think I discovered the problem...my hygrometer. It's a digital combo that reads temp and humidity with a single probe.



I started getting suspicious and decided to test it a bit. In my Burm cage, the temp is 86 on the hot side, but the humidity is only 37%. I just can't believe the humidity is so low. There's condensation on the walls and the doors, but on the cool side. That also happens to be where he wets, so I didn't think much of that. If I mist the cage, condensation forms on both doors. Same deal with the boa cage which sits on top.



Well, I checked the humidity outside last Fri and it said 59-62%. Here in Fl, Central FL at that, in the summer, that's not very likely. I'm a cracker and I happen to know that the humidity runs 70-80% most days in the summer. We got our afternoon thunderstorm that same day and I stood under a covered awning with the thing in my hand, during the rain, 100% humidity, and the darn thing reads 70%.



So, I'm looking at two situations: 1) my hygrometer is off. 2) my humidity is really low and the condensation is from the inside humidity cooling against the windows and walls of the glass (walls of the cage are cooler than ambient air inside the cage), making me think the humidity is higher than it is.



I would love to hear what you guys think about this. I've already closed off a few of the vents on the AP cages to increase humidity.

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