joshuadh2310
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So I have a mistking and i was wondering how many times a day should i set it to mist and for how long?
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jajeanpierre
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It depends.
What species? A Mellers need a completely different schedule than a veiled. My quads and graciliors need more frequent misting than a Mellers, but don't need it for as long a duration. Also consider the health status of the animal itself. An animal with a health issue will need more humidity. Kidney failure is a leading cause of death of chameleons and kidney failure is caused by chronic or acute dehydration, which suggests that keepers are not providing enough humidity and water.
What is the environment of the cage itself. The same species animals in the same house will have different misting schedules based on how easy it is for the cage to maintain its humidity. The obvious is whether it is glass, screen or three sided with a screen front. Not so obvious is how heavily planted with live plants it is or how humid the ambient air is. Air conditioning and heating will suck the humidity out of the air. The humidity of the air outside the house also affects it.
My misting schedules change a lot depending on my weather.
What species? A Mellers need a completely different schedule than a veiled. My quads and graciliors need more frequent misting than a Mellers, but don't need it for as long a duration. Also consider the health status of the animal itself. An animal with a health issue will need more humidity. Kidney failure is a leading cause of death of chameleons and kidney failure is caused by chronic or acute dehydration, which suggests that keepers are not providing enough humidity and water.
What is the environment of the cage itself. The same species animals in the same house will have different misting schedules based on how easy it is for the cage to maintain its humidity. The obvious is whether it is glass, screen or three sided with a screen front. Not so obvious is how heavily planted with live plants it is or how humid the ambient air is. Air conditioning and heating will suck the humidity out of the air. The humidity of the air outside the house also affects it.
My misting schedules change a lot depending on my weather.
joshuadh2310
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nosy faly panther and i live in north florida. i also have 3 live plants in a screen cage. don't mind the red light as this is a old picture and its now gone and nothing is on at night but i still haven't taken a day picture.
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jajeanpierre
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The screen cage means it will dry out. The dryer the air in your house, the more you mist. Most chameleons are really short changed for humidity and water which is why kidney failure and its various manifestations is a leading cause of death in captive chameleons.
With giving your animal enough misting, you now have a drainage problem to deal with. Many shorten the misting rather than deal with the drainage. That's not good for the animal.
I've never had panthers, but I would think two sessions of three to five minutes a day plus short sessions intended just to wet the cage to increase humidity. I use pretty much all my 8 programmable misting sessions. In cool rainy weather, I cut might decrease it. They have a rainy season and a dry season, so there are times panthers have almost 100% humidity and frequent rains for weeks at a time.
My personal opinion is that more misting is better but you can get into issues with keeping a cage wet all the time. I think ideally a panther would want very high humidity all the time, not necessarily wet all the time. The trouble is since we aren't in the tropics, it is really hard to keep that humidity up without keeping the cage wet. Foggers are an option.
