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Having some trouble keeping the humidity down. My set up is as follows. Animal Plastics racks with belly heat and plenty of holes in the tubs for ventilation, substrate is newspaper with paper towels on top, hide at each end with the water dish at the cool end. Hot side temps are @ 86 in the day and 83 at night because that is the temp in my apartment. Even with the water dish at the cool end the humidity is hovering at @ 80% with occasional spikes to 90%. Any ideas on how I can get that humidity down? I've never run into this problem before. Not sure what is different this summer.
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I eat human infants. They, like everything else, taste like chicken. What?

that my last post might give the wrong impression. I don't let my snakes suffer with whatever temp is in my apartment. In the winter they get heat and in the summer I turn on the AC for them once it gets to 90. It just isn't there yet and I myself like the heat too much to turn it on before 90 unless that is the only way to get that humidity down. Honestly, if I didn't have snakes and a White/Abanaki wife who hates the heat, I'm comfy up to @ 100.
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I eat human infants. They, like everything else, taste like chicken. What?

An' he thinks human babies taste like chicken!!! ROTFLMAO

Sorry I don't have an answer for your humidity problem. Just try and find a happy medium somehow.

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

List of things that taste like chicken...

chicken
iguana
rattle snake
squirrel
alligator
pheasant
dove
"goana"
cappibara
and tender, juicy, human infant flesh! Yeah, just about everything tastes like chicken. I eat chicken every night and pretend it is something else!
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I eat human infants. They, like everything else, taste like chicken. What?

If you will run the a/c it will dry out the are and yes that will lower the temp but that is what you have heat for the tubs for to keep them at the right temp when the room temp is lower . David of DS Reptile Rescue

What size water bowl are you using? can you cut it down to something smaller?

Also check your hygrometer - perhaps it's faulty?

You need to get a little more circulation going thru the tubs - more holes - or try drying out the room - run a fan in the room - get a dehumidifier????

Try using Aspen - it might cost more than paper but from what I've seen tubs are less humid.
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Tosha
JET Pythons

I was having the same problem and switched to aspen and it was a big help. I am going switch back to cypress for the winter to help up it but summers I will use aspen.

I agree with trying smaller water bowls, and with running the A/C. Mine was sky high, and after turning the A/C on the level were down where they should be (50% - 60%).
Your temps are a bit Low.
Low temps with High Humidiity is a good combination for RI!

Your temps should be 90f-93f Warm Side
and 80f - 83f Cool Side

What Are you measuring your readings With???
Dial gaes are Crap!!! the break down faster and easier than replacing a battery in a digital therm/hydrometer.

I had these both in 2 tanks to show the difference.
This pic is from the large tank ...hard to read the dial one but...
The Dial reads about 72% Humidity and the Digital one reads 55%

This pic is from the 20 gallon tank ...also lil’ hard to see but...
The Dail reads 75% Humidity and the Digital reads 61%

I actually think the one in the large tank is stuck... when I first set that tank up (with out a snake in it) the humidity was nothing (think the digi said 32%)
...another point...
If it’s Stuck, you will think you have the temps/humidity perfect and then wonder "Why in the world is my snake doing That?"
Or have them perfect and go nuts trying to figure out what to do to fix it