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Is there such a thing as too humid for Ball?

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Got a call tonight from a friend since I have a bunch of snakes and scorpions. Never had this problem though. They asked if it could be too humid for a ball. I told them unless having shedding troubles, 70% to 80% would be perfect. Was told they put their snake (4 1/2 foot) in a 100 gallon tank, and covered half the lid with plastic wrap to help keep humidity in. It is warming up alot here now, when they went to change the water... Temp was 87 on the high side, and 81 on the cool side, with about 93% humidity. Told them they could lower it a little by turning on the AC in the house and removing the plastic, needed to be between 70 and 80 typically. Would 93 to 95% be to much though, do any harm to the snake? Thanks in advance
 
Absolutely... That high of humidity is likely to cause an respiratory infection.
 
No, probably not. As long as there isn't any standing moisture, which can lead to skin infections. It's difficult to achieve a humidity that high without lots of condensation and standing moisture, though.

In the wild, ball pythons frequently choose termite mounds to spend most of their time in. Termite mounds are kept at a comfortable 87.5 F, and near 100% humidity.
 
Too much humidity is bad. I keep mine between 60-70% I live in Miami so all I have to do is open the windows. Turning on the AC will drop the humidity because of the cold dry air it produces. Remember, in the wild they live however they get it, but in captivity you have the opportunity to make it everything perfect for them.
 
WingedWolf said:
No, probably not. As long as there isn't any standing moisture, which can lead to skin infections. It's difficult to achieve a humidity that high without lots of condensation and standing moisture, though.

In the wild, ball pythons frequently choose termite mounds to spend most of their time in. Termite mounds are kept at a comfortable 87.5 F, and near 100% humidity.
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:iagree::iagree:

***R.I. Is usually a product of low humidity as I have come across cases where the BP has, as a rule, been in environments that are not conductive to humidity prior to coming down with a general R.I.
 
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