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Hi! Im done building my new ig enclosure and I wanted to know what is a good humidity level for inside his terranium? Right now its about 40%.

Thanks.

I think I've been told around 50 or 55. I am not totally sure so hopefully someone else will add to this. It's hard to keep the humidity up. Mine is at 40 to 45. Then I mist it and it goes up immediately, but it doesn't last long. I have to keep doing it a lot. I have screen on the outside and that is why it isn't holding humidity. Hope this helps, like I said I could be wrong about the humidity level.

Hi,

That's a pretty good humidity level, actually. They say it should be 60-80%, but in my experience, that can be really hard to achieve without creating a stagnant environment, which can cause even more problems than lower humidity.

This is especially true if you live in a very dry climate and/or during the wintertime, when humidity levels can drop to a shockingly low 10-20%! So if you can get it to 40-50%, you're doing well.

Also, make sure your iguana has access to fresh drinking water at all times, even if he eats well. Dripper systems are great for this, because iguanas rarely drink from a container unless it's by accident (i.e. they go in there to poop, dunk their head underwater and then realize the water is there).

I always thought both my iguanas hated water until I discovered the trick that gets them to drink, since then I've noticed that they really love to drink water. What I do is set the nozzle on my garden sprayer on its lowest setting and let the water trickle down their nose. This seems to elicit a drinking response. It's really cool to watch them lap the water like a dog! Since then, I've set up a misting system for them (I already had one for my chameleon, so I just extended it).

The enclosure looks pretty good so far. How are you providing ventilation?

Julie

I have a 24inx12in screen at the top of the enclosure. Is that enough?

What that will probably end up doing is letting all the heat from your lamps escape and create a stagnant environment at the bottom. If you could put some sort of small vent near the bottom (like about 1 or 1 1/2 feet from the ground) and block off part of the top, that would be perfect as it would maintain heat and humidity while creating a nice air convection.

Is the front made of glass or plexi? If it's plexi, you could just drill a few holes to make the vent. Otherwise, not sure what you could do, unless you don't mind putting a hole in the wall. LOL

Another idea is to put a few computer fans in the top to push the hot air downward.

Hope this helps!

Julie