Posted by:
mastiffgrrl
at Fri Apr 20 03:17:32 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mastiffgrrl ]
Well, in my excitement to keep my new veileds humidity up, I just about drowned him.... GEEZ.
Here's the lowdown:
He is 2 months-ish old.
I am feeding gut-loaded calcium coated small crickets.
Environment(for now only, we will change in a couple months to mesh)
10 gal glass aquarium with screen top
lots of vines, lots of fake foliage
water-expanding substrate
UVA spot lamp and UVB REP5.0
I have been trying to maintain the humidity in his environment at the prescribed 60-80% with no luck after the first hour. I mist in a liter of water, and the humidity is at 80%. Within 4 hrs, the humidity is 30-35%. My house is very dry. I tried a dripper, which just soaked into the substrate and didn't evaporate as I'd hoped. I am going to try and rearrange the lighting so that his basking spot is a branch and not a foliage area, so that more of the light gets to the substrate to evaporate that water.
My main question: Is 60-80% necessary, or will a sustained humidity of 30-50% be okay? I've seen both amounts prescribed on several different websites. Does anyone have experience making happy chams at 30-50%? What has anyone else who lives in a dry house done to help this situation?
This is important, as I work 12 hr shifts, and need to be able to make his day as consistent and stress free as possible. I am redoing his cage setup when I get home in the morning.
Thanks so much for any help!
Diane
[ Hide Replies ]
 Newbie - Urgent help request w/ humidity - mastiffgrrl, Fri Apr 20 03:17:32 2007
|
