What is the air humidity in your cage? If the air is very dry in the house (are you running an AC during summer??) your cham can get dehydrated just from respiration and misting won't be enough. How long are you spraying at a time? Duration of spraying is more important than volume and it should be gentle and slow for 5-10 minutes rather than one dense quick burst. 10 minutes in the shower is not long enough. A dehydrated cham will need a long slow shower of 30-60 minutes to make up lost ground. And, once the cham is dehydrated it will take some time for it to recover, not a day or so. Pedialyte should only be used if the cham is not drinking at all. You need to get a good electronic humidity gauge and keep track of how dry the cage gets between mistings. It may really surprise you. Measure the humidity from right after you spray until you spray again. You probably need a room humidifier or a misting system cycling on a timer. Some other ideas. Drippers and airstones don't raise the humidity much at all. Not all chams drink reliably from drippers so don't count on it. How much foliage do you have in the cage? Probably not enough. So, add live plants to the cage, measure humidity and get a room humidifier if it's too low. You can set the unit to cycle on and off with a lamp timer. There are lamp timers that let you set multiple on cycles of up to 30 minutes many times a day. They are great! As for the humidifier itself, get an ultrasonic type not evaporative. This should help!

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