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hello everyone, quick question if iuse a misting system should i not use a humidifier or is it beneficial to use both. i own a jackson in a 3x2x2 cage.thanks matt

I guess it depends on the humidity. If you are having problems keeping the humidity up then maybe use both. I use both and both are one separate timers. The humidifier comes on in between the misting system. Here is a pic of my setup for an example.

-roo

cool setup are those lights all uv or different basking spots? and with the misting system and the humidifier how high is your humidity? and how long do you run your humidifier/ thanks matt

Only the top light is UVA/B (100w powersun). The 2 side mounted lights are 150W zoo-med basking bulbs. One is closer to the cage then he other. I will most likely turn one off in the summer. With that setup cage temps are around 75-80 and the basking is usually around 95.

The humidity sucks lately which is directly related to winter and the 2 basking lights I have to keep things warm. Can get very low (30) in the cage. So I shower 2 or 3 times a week and hand mist longer. I think showering is by far the easiest thing to do compared to hand misting for 10-15 minutes. I have a plant for showering and I just toss him in it for 20 minutes or so. I check on him every so often but I pretty much can just let him be in the shower. He is quite use to it and behaves well. Of course the humidity jumps up after the misting system or humidifier comes on. I think the misting system comes on 3 times a day for 10 minutes. The humidifier will come on for 10 minutes every hour. My cham doesn’t seem too interested in the misting system but will hang out under the vent for the humidifier.

-roo

thanks,if i remember correctly you have a jackson? thanks again matt

Male veiled - 10 months old.

-roo

If the general air humidity in your room is low, you would need more misting cycles to keep it up enough. It's harder to deal with all the overflow. A humidifier will raise the humidity without soaking everything and keep your cham from dehydrating so quickly. But, it will not produce enough dripping water for drinking, so you would need to spray for that either by hand or automatically anyway. I usually use both, mist in morning and late afternoon depending on the species, and program a humidifier to fog in cycles in between if needed. Start monitoring the change in air humidity in the room. Do test cycles of both mister and humidifier to see which combination or which alone will work best. It will take some fiddling, but with a decent electronic humidity gauge you should be able to find a good mix for each season. Also, by automating it you won't need to be home exactly on time, or if you travel a petsitter only needs to come over once a day to feed.