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#1345065
Mchedder
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Humidity 
I’ve had my corn snake for about a month and the humidity in his cage is 70% is that bad and if so how do i make it less humid in my cage
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07/04/07 12:45am
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#1345196
Jessica71
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Message To: Mchedder In reference to Message Id: 1345065
Humidity
Corn snakes need humidity of roughly 40-60%. 70% is probably fine, but you could try to lower it a little perhaps. Best ways to lower humidity are the heat source (lamp, heat mat, whatever you have - they dry the air), adequate ventilation, to use a dry substrate like aspen, and to have only a small water bowl in the cool end (in the warm end encourages further evaporation). Then just have dry hides like logs or ready made ones, and no plants either - silk ones for decoration if you like. How are your temps, and what heat source and substrate are you using?
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07/04/07 03:46am
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#1345198
Corcor27
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Message To: Mchedder In reference to Message Id: 1345065
Humidity
hey i don’t know what yer humidity should be but i do know that i you use aspen bedding it keeps nice and moist for the snake it is all ill use now i recently put it in when buddy was about to shed and he had his best shedding since iv had him and iv had him almost 8 months you can feel the moisture on the bedding and if it feels dry they say to mist it a little and it will hold for a while
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07/04/07 03:52am
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#1345323
Mchedder
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Message To: Jessica71 In reference to Message Id: 1345196
Humidity
Its about 80 to 85 on the warm side and on the cold side its 70 to 80, and im using an undertank heater and a 60 watt light bulb and i have newspaper as a subtrate
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07/04/07 09:14am
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#1345326
Jessica71
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Message To: Mchedder In reference to Message Id: 1345323
Humidity
It sounds fine. I would just have a fairly small water bowl and keep it in the cool end, and don’t spray the tank at all, and it should be fine.
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07/04/07 09:17am
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#1345433
Mchedder
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Message To: Jessica71 In reference to Message Id: 1345326
Humidity
Ok thanks and im gonna switch from newspaper to aspen bedding
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07/04/07 11:42am
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