humidity levels keep dropping?

[burnedrose]

So, I usually keep the humidity in Kukui's (my veiled) cage around 70-80%...but the past few days, it keeps dropping down to 40-50%. I've tried getting a new heat bulb, figuring the old one wasnt producing enough heat to keep the humidity up. I've tried letting a bunch more drips go per second and upping the mister times. I've even tried hanging a wet sponge near the heat lamp to produce humidity. I replaced the humidity gauge today, figuring it was the gauge...but it's not. The new gauge is now reading 55%. I am baffled. What could possibly be causing the sudden decrease in humidity? What can i do to bump it up? The humidity does occasionally rise up to the 70-80 range right after a misting as it evaporates, but then it drops again.

Oh, and I did start using the heat in my place a few days ago, but I have a humidifier in my room because of the dryness, so I don't think that's the problem. I could be wrong, though.

 

[DavidBuchan]

Hmmm, you seem to have eliminated all the options, time to call in Columbo......
Don't worry too much about keeping the humidity at 70-80% for a Veiled though, as long as it spikes around there at least twice a day they will be hydrated enough.......

 

[carol5208]

I have not lived up north in 23 yrs but I do remember those days and what I remember, running the heat made the house VERY dry. So dry that I would get shocks from touching things, so I would say that has everything to do with it. honestly, 50% constant humidity is not bad at all. If you mist the cage down maybe three to four times a day for about 3 to 5 minutes that will spike your humidity and then it will fall again. If it stays around 55% then I say you are in good shape!!! My cage humidity is around 55-60% and my cham seems to do well in that range.

 

[burnedrose]

Thanks Dave and Carol! Yeah, it probably is the heat, now that I think about it, since the cage is positioned between the two vents in my room, so the heat is probably drawing all the humidity up instead of in the cage.

 

[Syn]

He's a veiled, he will be fine.