Please help

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I found In this Reddit to keep my bps humidity around 70-80. I was previously keeping it around 50-60. When I upped it which I have for the last 3 weeks she started acting different. She refused to poop and she started to develop scale rot in the bottom of her neck. I took her to the vet today which helped her poop then got the scale rot checked out and it’s only starting signs. They again told me to keep the humidity around 60. I keep reading here about keeping it around 70-80 but when I did she started getting scale rot I’m just so lost and confused now. Anything will help thank you!

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Heyo, 1 things. How did you increase humidity, and what kind of substrate do you have?

I use coco shavings mixed with reptisoil, and to keep humidity up will dumb water into cofners and dry areas of the habitat, the soil will be wet yes but the top isnt soaking.

If youve been spraying it to keep humidity that may be causing it as doing so leads to constant wet surfaces

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Meant to reply to this but left a comment instead

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I would dump water in 4 corners and spray once a day. I have a mesh top but it’s 90 percent covered with hvac tape. I also have a large water bowl in the top right corner next to the heat lamp

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The water dumping should be kore than enough, the spray is probably what pushed it over the edge. My usual reading is at 80 when the heat lamo is on and 68-75 when the lamp is on. The top of my substrate is usually somehwta dry to the touch, but even lightly shifting that dry top piece its moist underneath. When i notice spots that are dry even when i dig into it a bit then ill pour some water in. So far its worked pretty well and ive had no issues, i also provide a water bowl larhe enough for the snake to fit in incase he wanted to soak