General beginner questions about my first corn snake!

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by LRRoberts0122

It's a glass enclosure, and the top is a wire mesh. I'm worried, I live in Florida, so the humidity is just unreasonable to work with. Changing climate isn't a feasible task. I'm really worried now that I've put the water bowl in that the humidity is almost 80%. The cool side of the tank is 80 degrees. The hot side is between 85 ~ 90 degrees.

How can I increase ventilation? I already have a fan running. And can you specify a bit more on what you mean by "high humidity itself does not cause respiratory infections. It's just water in the air?" How am I supposed to tell the difference?

Humidity just means the amount of water in the air. That alone does not cause RI's. RI's happen in moist, dirty environments where bacteria/fungi can grow. Since you are using a screen top that is fine. Plenty of ventilation so the air does not become stagnant. Just make sure to keep the enclosure clean by changing the water dish and cleaning up poop/urine regularly.

Do not worry about humidity. There are corns living in Florida no? They do not get RI's while living outside in the high humidity

edit: I forgot to ask. What exactly are you using to measure humidity?environment.

[kwhitlock]

Originally Posted by Mikoh4792

Humidity just means the amount of water in the air. That alone does not cause RI's. RI's happen in moist, dirty environments where bacteria/fungi can grow. Since you are using a screen top that is fine. Plenty of ventilation so the air does not become stagnant. Just make sure to keep the enclosure clean by changing the water dish and cleaning up poop/urine regularly.

Do not worry about humidity. There are corns living in Florida no? They do not get RI's while living outside in the high humidity

edit: I forgot to ask. What exactly are you using to measure humidity?environment.

I was just about to state that mikoh. I wouldn't worry so much about the humidity considering that corns are native to Florida.