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I currently have a thermometer and hygrometer designed for reptiles, both of them repti-med I believe, about 1" above the substrate in my BRB's enclosure. However, I'm not sure I can trust the accuracy of these products.

Are these products really accurate enough? And if not, what is a good way to read temperature and humidity in my snakes cage?

Would a thermometer gun be a wise choice for spot reading the temperature?

And what do you use to accurately read the humidity?

Thank you in advance for any responses to this post. And a big thanks to Jeff Clark for his advice and his baby BRB caresheet. My snake, Iris, is doing great.

I have a heat gun (Raytech minitemp) and I love it. Best part is you can measure temp anywhere in the cage any time you want. As for measuring humidity, I have to admit I don't have anything to do that. I always just keep a large water dish along with a damp hide box and they are doing fine. Also, keep gthe cage ventilation to a minimum, that will keep the humidity in.
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Dave "Rainbows-R-Us"

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0.1 BCI Hypo / het-albino
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0.1 BCI Hypo (possible super)

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I do the same thing....no hygrometer and few thermometers. I started out trying to measure humidity/temp but did not invest in fancy digital equiptment and bought cheap stick on type devices that basically just fell off the wall when stuck on by the provided adhesive. I never replaced them because they didn't seem to be accurate. I have drilled a hole into my cages to insert a cheap Coralife digital therm.'s probe and placed the probe under the warm hide between the newsprint and sphagnum moss. I also use a temp gun to measure temp. I think a temp gun is a must, and wish I had purchased one before spending the money on those silly analog thermometers I originally bought with the hygrometers. The outside mounted digi therm.'s give me a reference point that I see many times daily, and if needed I can spot check with the gun. I always have some condensation on some outside surface and judge humidity by what I see. If you aren't confident in guessing I would recommed a digital hygrometer.

Sounds to me like you are on the right track! Good luck, and welcome to Rainbows!
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...I think most of the stick on thermometeres and hygrometers are not very accurate. The Raytek temp guns are great. Some of the remote probe hygrometers are fairly accurate. Seeing condensation on the inside of the glass tells you that the humidity is 100% there at the glass/innner cage environement boundary. Glad the snake is doing well.
Jeff

>>I currently have a thermometer and hygrometer designed for reptiles, both of them repti-med I believe, about 1" above the substrate in my BRB's enclosure. However, I'm not sure I can trust the accuracy of these products. You are probably not gonna have that condensation all the time but if you never have it you probably do not have enough humidity for little Rainbows.
Jeff
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>>Are these products really accurate enough? And if not, what is a good way to read temperature and humidity in my snakes cage?
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>>Would a thermometer gun be a wise choice for spot reading the temperature?
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>>And what do you use to accurately read the humidity?
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>>Thank you in advance for any responses to this post. And a big thanks to Jeff Clark for his advice and his baby BRB caresheet. My snake, Iris, is doing great.