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I've just managed to get my temps perfect for my new BP, however, the humidity level is currently at 75% without the water dish and 85-90% with the water dish in the enclosure. Is this too high? I do live in NJ where the humidity runs rampant. Will this be ok for the snake or do I have to find a way to bring the humidity level down?

Thanks.
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1.0.0 Common Snapping Turtle (Aggro)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons
1.1.0 Western Hognose(hets for albino)
0.1.0 Western Hognose(RED)(66% het albino)

seems like that is a bit high.. they don't like it to high...

sounds like you maybe using lights for heat, or perhaps lights in conjunction with something else...
and sounds like there isn't much room for air exchange... airholes or screen exposed...

what's your setup like?

if i'm right, simple solution is to increase air flow and use lower wattage bulbs or no lights and just other heat.

thanks, joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

My set-up is a 10 gallon aquarium with a screen lid (which I completely covered with plastic. There is a heat pad on one side of the tank that is set to reach around 88 degrees.

What I did was remove the plastic from the screen top and put a couple magazines over half the screen opening. We'll see if this helps.
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1.0.0 Common Snapping Turtle (Aggro)
1.1.0 Bearded Dragons
1.1.0 Western Hognose(hets for albino)
0.1.0 Western Hognose(RED)(66% het albino)

pretty much what I thought, sans the light fixture...

you definitely need SOME air exchange, regardless of your levels of humidity.

with your current setup, sounds like just uncovering a small piece of the screen cover will do the trick.

Plastic is normally totally airtight, and so this might not be the best route.. but removing a piece will work.

you could also try covering the top with something a little porous, to allow some air exchange... maybe newspaper, towel, etc.

So, I suggest either poking holes in the plastic , or, removng about a 1 inch strip and measuring the humidity until you have it right.

The tank is about 18" long by 8" wide, so initially remove a strip 1" long by the 8" wide, and contiue if necessary.

I bet removing this 1" strip now will lower the humidity by 10%-20% by tonight.

take care, joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

I used to use a couple of 40gal breeders for display tanks years ago.

this is what I did to them.

at home depot bought door/window weather striping, and a piece of plexi glas.

laid down some weather stripping

then cut the plexi to fit

I use the tanks for rodents now, but you can see what I mean.

the supplies cost about $5., and it worked great.

TomChambers