Are automatic misters a problem for baby chams?

[Quantum Mark]

Hello,

I'll be starting to set up for my new cham this week, the equipment is on its way in the mail. I'm buying an automatic mister as I work Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm.

I've read how baby chams can get stressed if sprayed directly and how it can obviously cause problems if they are afraid of water.

Can misters be set up to minimise/eliminate the chance of babies being sprayed directly? If not, I will have to do it by hand in the mornings/evenings and look into humidifiers and other alternative means. I've read that keeping a clean, damp towel as substrate and changing it daily helps too.

 

[yoza717]

Most nozzles cannot cover the entire cage and if you have your cham in a really small cage, just aim the nozzle to one side so that your cham can have a place to "hide" from the mist.

 

[Fidel]

What kind of auto mister? How old is your chameleon? What species?

You should be able to set up an auto mister in a way that would not over water a young chameleon. Placement/type of nozzle, and duration of mist is key.

 

[Quantum Mark]

What kind of auto mister? How old is your chameleon? What species?

You should be able to set up an auto mister in a way that would not over water a young chameleon. Placement/type of nozzle, and duration of mist is key.

I've narrowed my potential chams down to a couple but haven't decided for sure which one. He will be around 3 months old and a panther though.

If I can work around it that's cool. I just wanted to find out if it was a big NO to use autos with baby chams so I could start looking at any other kit I may need to keep humidity.

I opted for this mister. It's more expensive than many but it can water plants and multiple enclosures should my addiction develop in future

 

[yoza717]

Just make sure to monitor the first few cycles...if you work M-F, I would suggest setting it up on a weekend and check on him/her with each mist cycle to see how it reacts to the mist. Most of my chams just move away, a few, like my 4 month old, likes to sit underneath the spray and drink.

 

[Quantum Mark]

Just make sure to monitor the first few cycles...if you work M-F, I would suggest setting it up on a weekend and check on him/her with each mist cycle to see how it reacts to the mist. Most of my chams just move away, a few, like my 4 month old, likes to sit underneath the spray and drink.

Sounds good. Thanks for the replies

 

[summoner12]

The mister doesn't seem bad... If you can warm the water before it gets to the nozzle... your cham may not be bothered by the mist as much.

If you do a search on the forum for water heaters or something like that you'll get some ideas.

This is something I made for a cage I couldn't poke holes into.... but works well for a small cham because it can keep the mist in a smaller area.. and creat more of a rain effect.

 

[yoza717]

Nice idea Summoner, I will have to try that with my outside flexiariums.
Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[Dave Weldon]

...This is something I made for a cage I couldn't poke holes into.... but works well for a small cham because it can keep the mist in a smaller area.. and create more of a rain effect...

Howdy,

I also like Summoner12's "Cone of Mist" because, as he puts it, creates more of a "rain effect". For many chameleon applications, misters can be thought of more in terms of a drinking water delivery system rather than a humidity delivery system. True, they do help with humidity, but I find their ability to create a misty-drippy-rainy water source over a large area to be their main advantage over just misting or just using a dripper. To that end, I shy away from nozzles that are designed and promoted as creating an ultra-fine mist. I want nozzles that deliver a fat mist. Most nozzles sold are color coded. For example, red ones are ok but they do deliver a finer mist than the cream colored ones. I like the cream colored ones . I'd be using the black ones but they don't seem to work well at lower pressures (tend to dribble more than mist at low pressues) like the cream ones do. If your pump has one of those tiny screws for adjusting pressure, lowering the operating pressure lowers the overall volume of water used and also helps make the droplets bigger and a little bit more splattery, which I like .


At 29 PSI (2 Bar)
COLOR....ANGLE....GPM

WHITE....80º........0.0095
BLUE.......80º.......0.0153
GRAY......80º.......0.0116
CREAM....105º......0.0153
RED........115º......0.0095
BLACK.....120º......0.0291