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Ok, so someone correct me if I'm wrong about this:

In general an open highly ventilated cage is better for regulating humidity than a glass aquarium tank of some sort?

For example, If I custom built a sort of uromastyx hutch with screen on 3 or 4 sides for ventilation, I can drive out humidity better using heat lamps and fans and such despite the humidity in the room.
However, given the same local climate, its much harder to drive down humidity in a 55 gallon tank or something similar.
This right?

As I've stated before, I live in massachusetts where our humidity has hit 70%. Would a custom, highly ventilated cage be better to keep humidity down than buying a 55 gallon tank?
And again, will I even be able to bring down the humidity to that 20-40% level to keep the animal healthy?

Should I even bother trying in this climate?

yes it is much easier to have low humidity in a ventilated cage.. but it is much harder to retain heat.. so both a screen cage and a glass tanks have its downfalls.. if i am correct you talked about putting a uro in a cage the equalivent of a 55 gallon... well since they need such high heat.. the hotter your lamp the drier the cage will become ..thus keeping the humidity down in the cage.. i also live in a very humid climate (mn) and keep a few desert animals.. and they are both in glass tanks and i run a dehumidifer in the reptile room and have high watt bulbs in their tanks... this is very effective in humidity control.. in general though since i live where i do i mostly keep tropical lizards.. btw i have tried screened cages before..i just doubled up on my heat lamps.... and fans.. this worked well also..but seemed like more work in the long run...i could be wrong ...but it is really a matter of trail and error.... until i found something that worked..

sorry long post
alissa