Tips on lowering humidity!

[NightFury]

My tank is too high, I live in Oklahoma and the humidity here is ridiculous at times! :x I use a reptile carpet as substrate and I do not have a water dish in there. The humidity at night to early morning is about 35-45% on cool side and is around 30-40% on warm side and in the afternoon
It will be around 30-40% on cool and 10-20% on warm. Of course it's 0 under the basking bulb but this worries me and was wondering if anyone has any tips on
Lowering it. Thanks all!

 

[OwnedByOola]

As long as you don't have consistent humidities above 50% you'll be just fine! All of your ranges are acceptable.

 

[NightFury]

Yeah sometimes the tank will get as high as almost 50%! Idk why it has gone up so much since its gotten hotter. It's strange and just worried me is all!

 

[OwnedByOola]

It's strange and just worried me is all!

There's no need to feel bad for worrying about your beardie's welfare. You're a great owner. Yeah, being in Florida, my humidity is always 40-50%, and occasionally it goes above 50%. I have a dehumidifier for when it climbs up. I'll run it on constant while I'm at work one day, then come home and be back to 40%. It's a system that works pretty well for me.

 

[NightFury]

That's good, I have been studying reptiles especially beardies and all books I read on them say humidity should be between 25-35% which is why it alarmed me! Thanks for the advice! I do love my beardie, I love all beardies really! Lol where did u get your dehumidifier? I can't seem to find one.. :?

 

[OwnedByOola]

It's hard to find one specific range agreed upon... but from what I've read and seen, the risk for upper respiratory infections occurs over 50%. The absolute ideal range is 30-40%, but it's very hard for those in humid environments to get down to 30%. I also notice that when I run my dehumidifier down to 30%, it gets too dry for my comfort. So, it's a complex issue, lol!

I got my dehumidifer from walmart.com with free site-to-store shipping. I think it's a Soleus. It's really loud which is why I only run it when I'm at work, and I only have to turn it on about once a week.

 

[NightFury]

Good I'm glad it's not a bad issue, I was starting to worry a bit! Thanks very much for your help! I'll probably get one at Walmart.com later. That's sucks that it's so loud but using it while at work is a good idea.