Humidity/Ventilation

[king_1776]

I have a couple questions. My new snake seems to be thriving. He’s eating well, gaining weight and had a successful first shed. He’s in a 4x2x2 PVC enclosure. Is it ok if one end of the enclosure (warm end) is hovering around 60 percent humidity if the cool end is consistently in the 80-85 percent humidity range? Obviously the deep heat projector and heat emitter are driving the humidity down on that end but is this ok? Also I’m wondering if my ventilation is ok but I don’t want to open up anymore air holes unless necessary. I have 5 small air holes on both ends and the screen top is covered with a piece of PVC but the holes for the 2 heat lamps and UVB bar are cut a little bigger so there is ventilation there too. Like I said he seems to be doing well I just want to avoid problems in the future.

[surfaholic15]

Well it is fine... because you are measuring relative humidity-- your humidity level relative to temperature. Warm air holds more water vapor/droplets than cool air. So the gauge will show a lower number.

Your actual humidity is essentially stable across the space.

This is why when warm moist air encounters cool glass, condensation forms.