Fogger vs misting system

mdraross7

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The humidity in my PC cage seems too low. Can I use a fogger to up the humidity and if so, can I use this in place of an automatic mister?
I could still do some manual daily misting, but it'd be nice to have it automated.
 
The humidity in my PC cage seems too low. Can I use a fogger to up the humidity and if so, can I use this in place of an automatic mister?
I could still do some manual daily misting, but it'd be nice to have it automated.

I'm not sure wat PC is.. panther chameleon?
Any case. a fogger running to keep the humidity up is good but definatly should be accompanied by mistings. At least a main misting in the morning and about 2 hrs before bed. I've never had good luck with foggers. A potentially cheaper route would be to get a cool mist humidifier and place it right next to his cage. Then proceed with normal mistings. With a room humidifer I'd time it to luck on for an ur every two hrs or so. And cutting it off at the last misting. JMO
 
The humidity in my PC cage seems too low. Can I use a fogger to up the humidity and if so, can I use this in place of an automatic mister?
I could still do some manual daily misting, but it'd be nice to have it automated.

A lot will depend on how dry the room gets routinely. If you will need the misting system to maintain cage humidity in addition to providing drinking water, a fogger (ultrasonic room humidifier) can help bridge the gaps between misting cycles so you don't have to flood the cage by misting too often. A fogger can give the cage humidity a boost between misting cycles but won't be as good for providing drinking water. The fog doesn't usually condense enough on the leaves to drip unless it is running a long time very frequently.
 
Just get your self a cheap cool-mist humidifier + regular daily hand misting and a home made dripper and your done ;)
 
I bought the repti-fogger and used it for the first few days I had my panther. After reading about potential respiratory problems on this site I instead decided to cover a side of my enclosure in clear plastic. The fogger only increased the overall humidity by 5% while the clear plastic has kept the humidity higher longer with a lot less risk. (Another poster recommended shower curtain)

There are a lot of discussions on chameleonforums.com about foggers if you have a minuet to perform a search. :D
https://www.chameleonforums.com/search.php?searchid=1975605
 
Thanks!!

Thanks for all the replies. I just ended up getting the RS400 monsoon rainfall system which is acting as a mister.
That and I put a humidifier in the area and added a pothos.
We'll see how it goes....
 
And added a dripper too

Bought the little dripper (they didn't have the big one in stock) and we'll see where we get with that.
 
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