Nighttime temp
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MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
I’m in Florida where it just isn’t possible for me to get temps below low to mid 70’s. Because of that, I don’t/can’t use a fogger to boost humidity at night. I have the mist king run for 15 seconds during the night, just for a very slight increase of humidity. If my temps were closer to 80, I wouldn’t even do that. I do have all screened enclosures for maximum airflow and if needed, can always run the ceiling fan to improve air flow.
Depending how hot or stuffy your room is, you may want to invest in a room air conditioner or ceiling fan (if you don’t already have one).
Depending how hot or stuffy your room is, you may want to invest in a room air conditioner or ceiling fan (if you don’t already have one).
Lucas00-
Member
I’m in the mountains of Oregon, hot days and cooler nights in the summer time. It seems that with the air running through the house with air conditioners and fans I can consistently get it down to about 68° for the night but not until the last half of the night. I have my fogger kicking off more towards the second half of the night to avoid making too much humidity in the following hours of the lights turning off. My living situation makes it a bit difficult but it’ll be better in the future.
PNW_Cham
Member
I do not have air conditioning and during the summer my house can stay rather hot overnight (especially when I lived in colorado). I used to fog mist/overnight and the combo of higher humidity AND higher temp caused 2 respiratory infections early on (first 1.5 year of life) in my panther cham. I slowly backed off of the overnight humidity per advice from my vet who is a reptile specialist. So if it's warmer in your cham room overnight maybe be careful that it's not overly humid as well? It honestly been years now since I misted overnight. I run a mist king during the day and also hand water him since he is rather old (7.5 years) but that is all...
Lucas00-
Member
Thank you for your insight this is very helpful.
Lucas00-
Member
What times of day and for how long do you mist with the mist king?
PNW_Cham
Member
Sure thing. When my guy was little I read so much about heat, humidity, and everything needing to be just right that I think I over did it. I worried so much about him I had trouble sleeping lol. But I eventually figured it all out, relaxed, and here we are over 7 years later and he's doing great still. Your guy is lucky to have you!
PNW_Cham
Member
This has changed over time. I used to mist every 3 hours, starting at 7:30am and ending at 7:30 pm, for 1.5-3 minutes (longer mid day). Now that he's old and grumpy, he gets real annoyed by the mister so it only goes off twice a day now and I hand water him 1-2 times per day which he much prefers.
Lucas00-
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Awesome, thank you again and I wish you a good day.
