Our burms are kept in spacious exhibits (12' x 4' x 4') that have special ventilation for good air flow. We use pro product radiant heat panels to provide optimal basking and background temps accompanies with full spectrum fluorescents. Our exhibit has 4-6" of Cypress mulch (I've never been a big fan of the stuff but for high humiditiy exhibits it works very well) that we mist down twice daily. Maintaining the humidity is quite easy if you stay on top of it. Unfortunately, we do battle it a bit in the Chicago winters but we are still able to keep relatively moderate to high levels. Of course, humidity will fluctuate but we've been pretty good about consistency.



>>How are you achieving a consistent humidity of 80%?
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Rob Carmichael, Curator

The Wildlife Discovery Center at Elawa Farm

Lake Forest, IL

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• Should Humidity be consistent - rottenweiler9, Sat Oct 6 07:07:43 2007
• RE: Should Humidity be consistent - Carmichael, Sat Oct 6 07:46:53 2007
• RE: Should Humidity be consistent - laurarfl, Sat Oct 6 20:02:05 2007
• RE: Should Humidity be consistent - Carmichael, Sun Oct 7 10:08:20 2007
• RE: Should Humidity be consistent - laurarfl, Sun Oct 7 15:17:14 2007
• RE: Should Humidity be consistent - HappyHillbilly, Wed Oct 10 06:23:00 2007
• RE: Should Humidity be consistent - laurarfl, Wed Oct 10 07:09:26 2007
• RE: Should Humidity be consistent - HappyHillbilly, Wed Oct 10 07:41:49 2007
• RE: Should Humidity be consistent - laurarfl, Wed Oct 10 13:47:21 2007