Just wondering, can a room have different humidities? Here is the backstory.... I change/refill my snakes waterbowls on Monday and Friday. All of the other waterbowls are fine for those periods, but Butters bowl was bone dry today and he was actually curled up in it. he is too small to knock around the bowl and I know I didn't spill it. So is it possible that the spot he is in just soaks up the water a LOT faster?
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
0.0.1 Butter Corn "Butters" (South Park)
1.0 Redtail "Kilo"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
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Weird question....
phiber_optikx
Oct 19, 2005 11:59 PM
Replies (3)
Kat
Oct 20, 2005 10:22 AM
...though I've noticed that different caging ventilation and different heat (even 1 degree can make a difference) results in different rates of evaporation too.
-Kat
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KJUN
Oct 20, 2005 11:14 AM
I think you are actually asking about the "relative humidity" and actually "humidity." The relative humidity will vary a great deal with minor changes in temps, air flow, whatever. The rel. humidity is what really controls how fast evaporation occurs. The closer the water bowl is to the heat source, the faster evaporation will occur all else being equal.
BUT, this has other indications to husbandry, too. 
Bad sheds? Put the water bowl CLOSER to the heat source (even use a larger water bowl), evaporation increases, rel. humidity goes up. This will often make sheds better. On the other hand, if it is TOO humid, mose the water AWAY from the heat source. Since too hot snakes will bask to cool off, don't let the water be RIGHT over the heat source if it can fail and get the cage up too hot.
KJ
phiber_optikx
Oct 20, 2005 10:56 PM
I know how to give my snake a good shed. Never had a bad shed. I just put paper towels in one of the hides and mist it daily. All have always had perfect sheds accept for my ball python who has relatively bad sheds no-matter what I do...he shed from just behind the head to the tail fine but his head never sheds properly....
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
0.0.1 Butter Corn "Butters" (South Park)
1.0 Redtail "Kilo"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"
