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Hello again

I live in Tucson Arizona and we are famous for our dry heat. I don't think my misting my panther's cage 3 times a day is cutting it and it would be a real pain to be doing it like 6 times a day. Plus I think some mold or something would start growing. So I am thinking of getting an ultrasonic humidifier, but I have a few questions.

Any brand/item preferences? How long should I have it on each day? Do I just have the mist dumping right into the cage, or how do you guys have yours set up? The cage is a reptarium, so it's all screen if that matters.

Thanks

I like the Holmes brand humidifiers; I have had three going for the last 8 months. They are on timers and depending on the cham I usually run them for 10 minutes every hour. Really depends on the weather too. I plumb them to the cage using PVC, some people have it drop right into the cage in one area but I have a long piece of PVC that spans across the top of the cage. I drilled small holes on the underside of this piece so that the mist can escape throughout the whole cage and not just out one big hole in one corner of the cage.

-roo

I have three sunbeams (one reg. size and 2 "personal" size). See the thread just below b/t me and veronica for pics, discussion and links.
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