I'm so excited! I've decided to get a Motley Sunglow. Now I have some questions. I've read that these snakes live in a more temperate than tropical climate. Will it hurt my snake if it is too humid in his tank? The reason I ask is that I want to use some live plants and mosses and I know watering them in addition to having a thick substrate (to hide the plant pots) will increase the humidity quite a bit. Thanks!

if you have a screen top, I wouldn't worry too much about humidity. Most humidity I can keep in a tank with a screen top is 40% and that's with heavy misting. As long as you have an area he can get off the moist substrate, I think you will be OK.

Why hide the pots though? I would get pretty ones and make them part of the setup

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Cornsnakes required very low humidity unless they are shedding. Best thing to do would be to add a hydrometer into the tank to monitor it and adjust it as necessary. I agree with Liz,,make pretty pots then you can also take the plants out to water them

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And get ready to replace the plants every so often. The snake is going to crawl all over them. It won't be a problem as a hatchling but as he gets bigger he will break them.

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Good choice, I really wouldn't worry too much about humidity normal household humidity is 50-60% and is perfect for corns misting now and again won't hurt but you wouldn't want a constant 75% or more.

When getting your Sunglow make sure you get it from a good sorce. The Sunkissed gene that makes sunglows (a line breed) came from Love's okeetees and is a form of hypo. Some breeders have been known to sell normal hypo okeetees as Sunkissed. Though the alles of the Sunkissed and Hypo genes are diffrent.

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