Humidity in Reptarium

Hugo

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I just bought a juv. veiled cham and have it in a 65 gal apogee reptarium. There are 2 live plants in it: a decent sized dwarf umbrella and a small hanging pothos. When i mist during the day it takes about 2 bottle fulls to get the humidity in the 60s and it only lasts for about 10 minutes. Throughout the day the humidity is usually in the high 40s low 50s, but i think it should be a bit higher.

I am not buying a misting system and I'm not a huge fan of humidifiers because the only way they work is inside the cage which is a big pain to get hooked up through mesh, but if its the only way to boost humidity 10% then ill do it.

Anyway, just wanted to know the best way to get my humidity CONSTANTLY 10% higher (in the high 50s low 60s) without buying crazy devices or if crazy devices are necessary what is the cheapest smallest best working humidifier?
 
get a mister. i have a herpmist and it is the greatest. its easy to hook up to a screen. it will pay for itself. www.herpmist.com or www.mistking.com though i do know that exo terra makes a humidifier. but i think it can possibly make the veiled cham get a URI. post pics.
 
I am not buying a misting system

Why by a chameleon, an expensive, exotic pet with specialized needs, and then make a decision to not buy one of the best pieces of equipment to guarantee its continued health?

The humidity is an ancillary factor. If you are providing enough drinking water in the proper manner, ie: misting and dripping, the humidity will be where it needs to be. A humidifier won't stop your cham from dehydrating.
 
She gets plenty to drink, i mist 3 times a day and have a dripper going most of the day, i was just looking to see if someone might know some little tricks to boost the constant humidity a little bit. Like what if i get a small plastic bowl, put water in it and then soak a sponge and place it in the bowl and leave it in the cage under the light. Something like that
 
for a juv. veiled 50% hum. with spikes to 70% is the target. mist all the plants too and they will contribute to the humidity.
 
i have a entire room for my chams the room humidity in the day is between 70 and 80 at night it get up to 100 sometimes i do it with cool vapor humidifiers i purchased at home depot i have a hose in the room that i use to mist cages several times a day and everyone is happyoh yea it helps not to have carpet because mold can develop i also use an oscilating tower fan to keep air moving and an air purifier
 
uyou could put a bowl of water in the cage with an air stone in it they somtimes drink from it so keep it clean
 
for a juv. veiled 50% hum. with spikes to 70% is the target. mist all the plants too and they will contribute to the humidity.


yeah right now i have 45% humidity with spikes to 60% I'm tryin to get that little extra boost in the constant humidity so i can spike it to 70% when i want.

I think I am going to try the airstone idea, any advice for that? Should i get a long container with a bunch of water and drop a few airstones in it? (i know don't make it deep or the cham will drown)
 
Why by a chameleon, an expensive, exotic pet with specialized needs, and then make a decision to not buy one of the best pieces of equipment to guarantee its continued health?

The humidity is an ancillary factor. If you are providing enough drinking water in the proper manner, ie: misting and dripping, the humidity will be where it needs to be. A humidifier won't stop your cham from dehydrating.

Whoa-wait a minute! I have many, many chameleons and do not own a misting system nor do I drip a single one of them. Also-the vast majority of them are here in the air conditioned house. All are hand misted and healthy.
Hugo-what are you using to guage the humidity? It sounds like your setup is fine, and as long as you are misting 3X a day and getting those plants pretty wet, you should have no worries. You don't need your humidity constantly above 50. I certainly would not put any kind of damp sponge as your cham might try to eat it nor would I do any bubble stone. As long as your guy looks healthy and sheds OK, I wouldn't focus all that much on the humidity-Reptariums are pretty good at keeping it a good range.
 
I am using a "kritterz" hygrometer to gauge humidity and a "kritterz" thermometer to gauge temp. Pretty cheap but i think they work fine.

But what's wrong with the air bubbler idea, could it hurt?
 
I am using a "kritterz" hygrometer to gauge humidity and a "kritterz" thermometer to gauge temp. Pretty cheap but i think they work fine.

But what's wrong with the air bubbler idea, could it hurt?

If it is one of those analog humidity guages with the pretty colors and the needle it is worthless. I am sure your humidity is fine. Why are you so worried about it? The bubbler thing is just not a natural thing and with the movement potentially stressful.
 
what if i put them in the soil/pot of my umbrella plant? could they disperse moisture from there?
 
Throughout the day the humidity is usually in the high 40s low 50s, but i think it should be a bit higher.
Anyway, just wanted to know the best way to get my humidity CONSTANTLY 10% higher (in the high 50s low 60s) without buying crazy devices or if crazy devices are necessary what is the cheapest smallest best working humidifier?

I'm not sure 60% is a must. I think things would be fine at 50% so long as dripping and hand misting is regular.

My chameleons are all in one room, which they share with hermit crabs (which have a tank with damp gravel and water bowls) and a fish tank (obviously full of water). The evaporation from the two tanks keep the humidty in that room up fairly high.
 
what if i put them in the soil/pot of my umbrella plant? could they disperse moisture from there?

Your humidity is fine...again...why are you so worried. Too much humidity will cause upper respiratory infections.
 
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