Night Time Misting?

[Jamire]

Hey lads,

Seems that most people set their mist systems to come on during the day only. I know my humidity will drop to near nothing without the aid of misting.

I would think that maintaining night time humidity is important?

Or would it wake him up, and cause stress? There is night time rain in the wild, so I cant see it being a huge issue.

What do you think?

 

[pinsetter1991]

seems like misting at night would bring temps down without the heat lamp on, in the rainforest it rains at night, but it also stays pretty warm. my chams do fine with mistings every couple hours during the day.

 

[zsazsa85]

I wouldn't try it, I think it would freak her out and would fall down... My humidity is around 30% every morning,but she gets a good mist and she seems happy.

 

[fluxlizard]

constant humid is fine, constant dampness invites bacteria.

 

[rshewfel]

Never thought of doing this. I don't think the humidity dropping at night is a problem but I have not experimented with this. If you ever try, I personally would make sure the water is warm. Also maybe watch to see if it disturbs him.

 

[Jamire]

It makes sense that you would need some time everyday to dry out or mold will accumulate.

Maybe ill use the last hour of light and the night time to dry things up a bit. I have a room humidifier so things shouldn't get too low.

Ill mist shortly after his light comes on so he can get warmed up, then ill give him some water and bring up the humidity.

 

[kdc5019]

Hey lads,

Seems that most people set their mist systems to come on during the day only. I know my humidity will drop to near nothing without the aid of misting.

I would think that maintaining night time humidity is important?

Or would it wake him up, and cause stress? There is night time rain in the wild, so I cant see it being a huge issue.

What do you think?

Is a few people had said, constant dampness breeds bacteria. As well as with them being cold blooded, misting at night will greatly cool down their body and could possibly scare them.

It is NOT recommended to mist during the night. If the humidy is that low, you can run a room humidifier to give a slight boost in humidity.

 

[Tyaeda]

If you're worried about humidity, I would use a humidifier in the same room as the cham. That should help

 

[camimom]

You do not want to mist at night.

this can wake them up and cause respiratory infections if the cage gets too wet.

you need to let the cage dry out.

and lower humidity at night is just fine, because you fix it when you mist during the day.

if you feel it is way too low, run a cool humidifier. but honestly, unless you live somewhere where it gets beyond dry, dont worry about it.

 

[Zephalia]

You do not want to mist at night.

this can wake them up and cause respiratory infections if the cage gets too wet.

you need to let the cage dry out.

and lower humidity at night is just fine, because you fix it when you mist during the day.

if you feel it is way too low, run a cool humidifier. but honestly, unless you live somewhere where it gets beyond dry, dont worry about it.

Any by beyond dry do you mean 10% humidity constantly in the home and unable to get the enclosure humidity above 30% even with multiple mistings throughout the day? lol...I hate our climate. Been -40C here a lot this winter and I was having such a hard time keeping up the humidity that I just run a cool mist humidifier on and off all day and night to maintain 60-80%. Can't wait for summer when I don't have this issue. Curse the cold!

 

[camimom]

Any by beyond dry do you mean 10% humidity constantly in the home and unable to get the enclosure humidity above 30% even with multiple mistings throughout the day? lol...I hate our climate. Been -40C here a lot this winter and I was having such a hard time keeping up the humidity that I just run a cool mist humidifier on and off all day and night to maintain 60-80%. Can't wait for summer when I don't have this issue. Curse the cold!

heh yes thats what i mean by beyond dry. you qualify.

do you use live plants? They can help boost humidity too.

i have a cham room with a bunch of cages in it, an dit was always humid when i would shut the door. all becuase of live plants.

 

[Jamire]

Yeah, Im in the same category. 10% humidity in the air. With plants around 20-30. (in the plant) I have a humidifier which i will run constantly. Im sure it will get my little room above 50% Im just worrying too much. Ill let him get a full nights rest and time to dry a little. Constant dampness is a bad thing, good to know.

I have a mistking setup, so i can feel comfortable being away during the day and having him know he is well hydrated. As well as a standard dripper. Im pretty set.