humidity at night

[Damicofam6]

recently as the weather gets warmer the humidity in my panthers cage has been dropping into the 30's at night. I tried putting a towel over one side of his cage top help keep humidity in but that didn't seem to help at all. How can i keep humidity up over night? Whats the ideal humidity range for panther chameleons at night?

 

[Carlton]

You don't want the cage to sit soaking wet all night, and if the cage humidity is correct during the day it will naturally go up a little once the lights are off at night. How low does the humidity go during the day? Maybe all you need to do is mist it a little later in the afternoon. Putting a towel over one cage side won't really do much, as the other sides still allow pretty much the same amount of airflow.

 

[trickedoutbiker]

tried putting a towel over one side of his cage top help keep humidity in but that didn't seem to help at all.

A towel is absorbent and will actually wick moisture OUT of your cage, dropping the humidity levels. If you ever want to block of a side or two of your cage, use some plastic sheeting or some PVC, or anything that isn't liquid-absorbent.

 

[Damicofam6]

You don't want the cage to sit soaking wet all night, and if the cage humidity is correct during the day it will naturally go up a little once the lights are off at night. How low does the humidity go during the day? Maybe all you need to do is mist it a little later in the afternoon. Putting a towel over one cage side won't really do much, as the other sides still allow pretty much the same amount of airflow.

the humidity during the day is fine i have a mistking go off throughout the day and also have a dripper that i put on sometimes too. It's just recently at night the humidity drops so quickly.