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I'm thinking about leaving my 5 year-old GTP without a misting for a few days next week. I'll be out of town for 4 nights, however I've put her in a new wood cage which has had condensation on the glass since I put the damp coconut husk in. I have yet to assemble the misting system. The humidity has been around 80% all week.

OK to leave her, or should I should I board her with the area herp store???

You should be more than fine. I usually let my enclosure dry out between mistings unless she's in shed, so if yours is staying at 80% and not dropping, you may want to think about a little more air circulation at some point so that it can cycle the humidity a bit. From what I've found in my reading and on the forums, adults don't really need constant high humidity like the little babies do.
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yea totally,80 is kinda on the cusp when it come to chondro humidity.i think anything above 80 percent,or even maybe 80 percent,may cause problems if it is a constant humidity.i let mine frequently get to 80 and sometimes above,but like meg said,i let the humidity drop and dry things out a bit(perches,cage floor,lungs) even in the wild,there are certain times of the day/season,where there is higher humidity than normal,but much of the time the humidity drops,and with the aid of evaporation,wind,plants,soil ect,the extra water is absorbed.this prevents the chondros habitat from becoming a moldy,soggy mess.we dont have these natural aids in our chondros enclosures so we have to take care when providing humidity.RI is very common in chondros and even veteran keepers/breeders lose animals to this.a huge percentage of RI is directly related to too much humidity.there is a fine line when dealing with humidity and since its such an important thing is regards to keeping chondros,failure to grasp this is one of the reasons chondros are not considered a beginner species.as far as your question,no,there will be no problem with keeping your snake without misting for 4 days,in fact,if you have indeed been keeping your snake at 80 percent humidity for a long time,he may benifit from having the humidity drop a little for a few days.if i were you id drop the humidity on a regular basis and only use really high humidity when shedding and maybe every now and then.most keepers/breeders only mist once a week and they do fine,maybe even better than those who mist everyday.just my opinion.

thanks for your responses.

It's hovering at 80 percent humidity because I just put together the new cage last weekend, which included WET coconut husk substrate. So once the substrate starts to dry out obvisouly the humidty will drop. I had my GTP in another wood school, but it was smaller. I basically just upgraded.

But yeah, in my situation with a wood cage (with only one opening - the glass front) I figured misting everyday is more for more drinking water for the chondro, than it is to keep the humdity up.