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my humidity guage in my blood python cage reads 80% but ive got droplets of water running down the sides. and i read some were that you dont wont water building up in the tank . ive numerous holes drilled into the sides for air ciculation but its like wow the snake dosent seem to be acting strange but i just want to be safe any words of advice oh yeah and the temp reads 80degrees on the hot side and 73 on the cool side.so is that too much

Assuming the humidity gauge is correct, 80% is a little high. Most shoot for between 60% and 70%. Condensation on the walls and glass has a lot to do with the temperature differential between the air in the cage and the air outside the cage. What are the air temps within the cage and what is the moisture source for the air humidity within the cage?

Kelly

the air temp on the hot side is at about 75-80 degress and a straight 70 on the cool side ive got plenty of hole drilled into the sides. the bedding im useing(zoomed forest floor) was already moist in the bag theres a water bowl in the encloser as well what do you think i should do?

Your temps are too low for bloods, and I would up them about 10 degrees across the gradient. Your low temps are not drying out the substrate and the humidity has been able to build up. Not familiar with your substrate, but you probably should allow it to dry some before using. I prefer newspaper, but that is just my choice, and others have used different mulch types successfully.

Kelly

i read that the substrait should be bearly moist and the air temps should be were they are this is info im getting from new england reptile distributers. i was going to take a trip up there its about an hr drive. i dont know ive read through about 20 differant care sheets and about 10 of them say air temps should be at 80 -85 degrees and humidity should be 80% the others say the opposite 80-90 degrees and humidity 60-70% im lost on who to listen to.

They both work. Its up to you to observe your snake and determine what works best.