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I was just wondering what the humitity range is for crested geckos. I know the temperature is to be between 75-85. thanks.

There is not really an ideal humidity because they live in the rainforest, you just need to keep it relatively high. Most websites that I have searched (around ten or so of them) tell you to keep it anywhere between 60%-100%, I would go more towards the higher end by spraying three times a day. Whenever I pass the tank in my room I spray it once or twice, not enough to soak but to keep the humidity up.

Im pretty sure though, that the one thing you should keep in mind, is that although they need high levels of humidity, they also need a drying out period. You should be spraying, say, at night, and letting it dry out a little during the day, or vice versa, but they are most active at night.

>>I was just wondering what the humitity range is for crested geckos. I know the temperature is to be between 75-85. thanks.

Your humidity question was answered elsewhere, but I wanted to point out if you are keeping cresties between 80-85F, you will have some very stressed geckos who may fail to thrive. If you want to provide a basking area in that range through use of a light bulb or similar heat source, that's fine, but most of the enclosure is better kept 72-80F most of the time.

For temps....a constant anywhere form 72-80 is good. Anything above 80 is ok for a day or two, but you do not want constant temps that high. Best would be if you can get temps to 80 durring the day, and then let them settle back down to 70-72 at night.

As for humidity, the average in the wild is about 80. that means that there are days that it is up around 100% all day long, and other days when it drys out a little more. Keep in mind that "LOW" humidity day there is still around 50-60%.

I tend to be more random in my humidity. The room humidity is about70% for me....So to mist them every day or every other day brings me up in the 90% range and then I let it dry out a little more back down to about 70%.

One thing that people need to keep aware of is where you are located. If you live in a very dry climate, then you will need to mist and spray a lot more. I know people in Colorado that have to spray 4 times a day to keep humidity in the 60-70% range. It is so dry the air sucks the moisture up right away. Here, if I misted that often, I would be consistantly in the high 90% range

hope that helps....
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The humidity is high on New Caledonia, but most people don't stop to think that it's a relatively small island, so there is a constant breeze blowing through. Just because the relative humidity is fairly high there, it doesn't mean that they have to have constantly high humidity.

A spike up to 70-80% for a few hours every day is sufficient. Another thing to keep in mind is that in a cage that's only 70-80 degrees, humidity is not hard to keep up.

I keep Green Tree Pythons too, so I can tell you about humidity being crucial, and it is definitely not with Crested Geckos.

In the winter, the humidity in my home gets down to 30% and I still only mist once per day. My Cresteds never have shedding problems. The only time to keep the humidity higher is with a brand new hatchling, but unless you're breeding them, you shouldn't have to worry about that.
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