Keeping Humidity up while gone

[Frostlord]

Hi guys, I'm going out for about a day and a half and I have my lights all hooked up to timers but I was wondering what I can do about keeping the humidity up while I'm away?

Its a bit late to get a humidifier(I leave tomorrow) and I dont have anyone that is available to mist the enclosure.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Gavinsons]

set up a dripper. let it drip on leaves and trickle down to the bottom into a bowl or some sort of container. try to set it for 1 drip every couple or 3 seconds, maybe even ever 5 or 6 seconds. the ones you can buy at the pet store are ok but a good quality brass needle valve will work much better than the cheap plastic one you get with the drippers. You can use a milk jug some 1/4" tubing and the needle valve for less than 10 bucks and have enough water dripping for a couple days. you can pick this stuff up at Lowes or home depot. Look in the plumbing section by the reverse osmosis stuff. you can even do 2 or 3 dripers off of one bottle.

 

[Frostlord]

set up a dripper. let it drip on leaves and trickle down to the bottom into a bowl or some sort of container. try to set it for 1 drip every couple or 3 seconds, maybe even ever 5 or 6 seconds. the ones you can buy at the pet store are ok but a good quality brass needle valve will work much better than the cheap plastic one you get with the drippers. You can use a milk jug some 1/4" tubing and the needle valve for less than 10 bucks and have enough water dripping for a couple days. you can pick this stuff up at Lowes or home depot. Look in the plumbing section by the reverse osmosis stuff. you can even do 2 or 3 dripers off of one bottle.

Thanks for that mate, I have a dripper already but I wasnt sure if that would be enough.

I'll set it up to drip frequently and hopefully that will raise the humidity

 

[junglefries]

you can leave buckets of water around the cage. Move any live household plants near the cage. May not raise it very high, but 3-5% (guess) is better than nothing.

 

[jcarlsen]

Hi guys, I'm going out for about a day and a half and I have my lights all hooked up to timers but I was wondering what I can do about keeping the humidity up while I'm away?

Its a bit late to get a humidifier(I leave tomorrow) and I dont have anyone that is available to mist the enclosure.

Any ideas?

Thanks

I know this doesn't answer the immediate question, but it might benefit you to get an auto-mister (or ask for one for a birthday present) so you don't have to worry about hand misting. I still hand drip my little guy, but I always have an auto mister going so he can drink while I'm at work.

 

[Frostlord]

you can leave buckets of water around the cage. Move any live household plants near the cage. May not raise it very high, but 3-5% (guess) is better than nothing.

Cool, I'll give it a try

I know this doesn't answer the immediate question, but it might benefit you to get an auto-mister (or ask for one for a birthday present) so you don't have to worry about hand misting. I still hand drip my little guy, but I always have an auto mister going so he can drink while I'm at work.

Yeah it's definitely on my list of things to get.
I think they are a bit out of my price range for now