Air hole size...Ventilation...

[franks]

Your humidity Guage is the best answer to this. Whatever keeps your humidity WITHOUT having to mist the cage. 8 quarts seems awfully small. What are the dimensions. You need enough room to provide a heat gradient of sorts.

[succinct]

Originally Posted by franks

Your humidity Guage is the best answer to this. Whatever keeps your humidity WITHOUT having to mist the cage. 8 quarts seems awfully small. What are the dimensions. You need enough room to provide a heat gradient of sorts.

The warm side is 80 degrees the cold side is 73. Temp gun and 2 probes. Also hooked to the thermostat. The size is about 14x8x5. The box was the same that the breeder used. I do have a 25 q that is 19x15x7. But it seemed like a lot of box for a little snake. Do you think that would be best?

The humidity is about 90%, I was wondering how many holes I could drill before it would start dropping. Don't want to get to that 1 too many hole problem.

Thanks for the your time.

[SSSSnakes]

Originally Posted by succinct

The warm side is 80 degrees the cold side is 73. Temp gun and 2 probes. Also hooked to the thermostat. The size is about 14x8x5. The box was the same that the breeder used. I do have a 25 q that is 19x15x7. But it seemed like a lot of box for a little snake. Do you think that would be best?

The humidity is about 90%, I was wondering how many holes I could drill before it would start dropping. Don't want to get to that 1 too many hole problem.

Thanks for the your time.

Drill your holes in the side of the container and not the top to keep humidity. If you drill to many holes, then cover them over from the outside with tape. You'll have to keep checking your temps and humidity to see how many holes are just right.

[Snakesitter]

^^ What he said about holes: sides, not top.

Less is more. Better to drill fewer and add than to drill too many and have to cover with tape.

That said, your temp gradient and humidity are pretty close to optimal. I'd bump the high end temp up two degrees, and the humidity up another 3-5%.