Humidity needs

[nick barta]

Humidity is often spoken about, with a general consensus that we all need to get more humidity in our enclosures. It seems everyone is trying to maximize humidity, and I wonder what the target is you are aiming at, and why?

What are your thoughts on:

1) Humidity levels for Montanes
2) Humidity levels for Veileds
3) Humidity levels for Panthers.
4) Humidity levels for Pygmies
5) Humidity levels for Osties/ Spineys etc.

What is the humidity you want during misting, and what is the target for the majority of the time?

Do we care what the misting time humidity is, or is the remaining time the only concern?

Can high humidity help cause Upper Respiratory Infections, and/or is it a benefit to URI's?

What humidity levels have resulted in great sheds/poor sheds for you?

That should get the ball rolling:

Nick

 

[warpdrive]

Humidity is often spoken about, with a general consensus that we all need to get more humidity in our enclosures. It seems everyone is trying to maximize humidity, and I wonder what the target is you are aiming at, and why?

What are your thoughts on:

1) Humidity levels for Montanes
2) Humidity levels for Veileds
3) Humidity levels for Panthers.
4) Humidity levels for Pygmies
5) Humidity levels for Osties/ Spineys etc.

What is the humidity you want during misting, and what is the target for the majority of the time?

Do we care what the misting time humidity is, or is the remaining time the only concern?

Can high humidity help cause Upper Respiratory Infections, and/or is it a benefit to URI's?

What humidity levels have resulted in great sheds/poor sheds for you?

That should get the ball rolling:

Nick

Hi Nick,

I'll try to keep this simple and short, because I can run on and on on this subject all day.

1) I'll be getting a WC quad female shortly (if the weather ever gets better.../cry), so I'm planning on using a cool mist humidifier for direct cage humidifying. it will be on it's own timmer, and go on and off 5 times a day. cage drying is just as important as keeping the humidity perfect, so it will be on an "off and on" cycle alowing full cage drying.

3) for my panthers, I just use a cool mist room humidifier for the winter months.


when misting, my rules are as slow as you can mist, the longer you can mist, the better.
don't stop till you reach 80% or better.
it should take 5 to 10 mins total time when hand misting.
your arm should get a cramp with tall cages...

cages will always dry out faster in the dryer months, so offer drippers to help.

I personaly feel that URI is caused by poor air flow and way too much humidity for long amounts of time.
in nature, nothing stays the same, not even humidity.
we keep our chames in enclosures with screen for a reason...to alow air flow and changes to their environment.
even with mountains, it is OK to alow the humidity to drop alot as long as you provide plenty of drinking water (drippers).

for my panthers, they like 50% humidity or better for fast sheds.

I hope that helped in some small way...I'm no expert. this is just my thoughts on the matter. I'm sure others will give you some great advice

Harry