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Humidty

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Question
Im going to bug you once again. lol sorry

So I followed your advice and tried feeding her,she didnt want nothing to do with it,She walked around a little bit and as soon as I put her rock back it,she went right in and went back to sleep. lol

But another thing I am wondering I have read the the humidity for the leos should be around 40 percent,yea well with her humid hide and since im in florida and its always humid my meters are showing me about 65% on the warm side and around 60% on the cooler side. Should I be alarmed about the humidity I dont want them to get to much humidity but I also dont want there not to be enough,If it is to much how can I lower the humidity?

The humid hide is a butter dish with the lid on and a hole cut in the side with the moss that I water daily.

Thanks again

Answer
Hi Taylor,
Maybe try just taking her out of her viv and put her in a smaller container with the crickets?  Will make it easier on you with taking everything out of her cage.
Your humidity is  a bit high for a leo...but sometimes you can't do much about it.. what you can try to to "absorb" some of the humidity in the tank.. Take a sock..put some raw rice in it and either lay it or hang it in the viv.  It MAY help absorb some of the humidity.
I would not mist her in her cage at all.  Always take her out so that you aren't adding more moisture to her cage.
Being in Florida, you will have higher humidity which I doubt you will have to worry about being too low at all..even in the summer with air conditioning running, chances are it will still be within a reasonable level. Also, you may find that you can turn her bigger light on which the heat will dry up some of the humidity.  I think that once you have the constant heat sources going for a few days(day/night cycles of course) the uvb tube and other heat will help lower the humidity levels.
They do adapt to an extent..so if her humidity is more in the 50% range, she will most likely get use to that..
On the being a pain on not eating... don't offer her any insects til tommorow evening.  Maybe she just needs to get a bit hungry!!.  Just be sure that she has water..which, if you are using a larger dish for water, you might want to switch to something smaller..so there is less area of the water to add even more humidity to her cage.
She is adjusting to her new home..if she has a good supply of fat(tail), a day or two without eating won't harm her.