I sprout seeds on a daily basis so I always have fresh sprouts. While I was setting up a jar for a new batch (It takes 3 days from seeds to sprouts.) I had a brain storm. I have a Zoo Med 79 ounce The Little Dripper. I was having to only use it every 6 days or so, otherwise it was overfeeding my plants and puddling up in the bottom of the enclosure. So the brain storm came from looking at the jar with it's panty hose top. Yes, I use a square of panty hose on a Mason jar for making sprouts. So I thought if I used a 16 ounce Mason jar with the panty hose on top, I could use the dripper all day. The water is set up so it drips straight down into the Mason jar, and the panty hose top keeps my chameleon from getting into a bad situation and drowning. I put about 3 cups of water into the dripper. 1 1/2 cups comes out and the other 1 1/2 cups stays in the dripper jar because the tap is up from the bottom of the jar. So I know that as long as I only add 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups of water into dripper at a time, the catch jar will not overflow. I timed it, and 1 1/2 cups takes just under 2 hours to drip out. So I only have to empty the catch jar every 2 hours. If you use a larger jar, you could time it to run for about 4 1/2 hours for a 32 ounce Mason Jar. That would give your cham half a day with water, and when you get home from work you could refill the dripper.
So now I have no more mess, no more puddling, no more smelly enclosure, and I know my cham is getting the water she needs.
So now I have no more mess, no more puddling, no more smelly enclosure, and I know my cham is getting the water she needs.