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just want to know the proper hummidity level for a hatchling corn snake just got em cant' find hummidity levels on care sheets hoping someone in here could tell me

Regular room humidity works fine for mine.
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I've asked this a very question a few times before and have gotten pretty much the same response. I guess what we've been looking for is a number. Because "room humidity" in Florida and "room humidity" in Denver/AZ/CA etc, can greatly very. In Denver (where I am) it can range from 30%-60% room humidity, depending on the time of year and what type of cooling/heating system you run.

Guess it would be nice just to have some numbers that we can guage on a Hydrogometer (sp?) because it's not marked for normal room humidity. I know my anoles and tree frogs need between 50-80% humidity and my PDF' between 70-95%...and you can find those numbers really easy. Wonder why its so hard to come up with a number for snakes?

(BTW this WAS NOT meant as a dig to anyone who's answered this question now or before just simply my frustration over not totally understanding the humidity issue)
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Chantel a.k.a. sillygirl
"I came, I saw, I adopted"

2.4.0 green anoles
2.2.0 green tree frogs
0.0.3 D. tinctorius (Cobalt froglets)
0.0.1 Anerythristic 'B' (Charcoal)corn snake
2.4 Domestic house cats
1.0 Rottweiler
1.0 Husband (who loves all my critters too)
AND I play foster care for 3 homeless kittens & their mom for a few weeks for the shelter.
(and not even going to count what I raise as food for all these guys)

I had that problem too when I first started with corns. It was really hard to find a specific percentage. I am in California near Sac and it can be pretty dry here at certain times. If I leave my snakes at "normal room humidity" they have trouble shedding, especially in winter. I keep them at an average of about 50% humidity most of the time and I mist once or twice a day when the are about to shed. I also make sure their waterbowl is big enough to climb into, although they never do. I don't know if this is the proper percentage of humidity but I never have problems with shedding.

Good luck.
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Anna Plaxco

Corns
1.0 Snow - Cornelius
1.1 Ghost (pastel) - Eek & Boo
1.1 Amel - ? & Scarlet
0.1 Hypo - Nikko
0.1 Anery - Missy
0.1 Hypo Hurricane Motley - Dot
Boas
0.1 Columbian - Bella
Lizards
0.0.1 Leopard Gecko - Leo
Rats
0.1 Dumbo - Dirt
Cats
1.1 Siamese - Blue & Fiona
0.1 Grey - Dru
Horses
1.0 Thourghbred (Hunter/Jumper) - Morgan's Majesty aka Cody

-We have no right to distress any of God's creatures without a very good reason; we call them dumb animals, and so they are for they cannot tell us how they feel; but they do not suffer less because they have no words. -Anna Sewell