oh the humidity

[cbassabin]

We have had our first two month old male veiled Reptar for about a month now.
From what i've found that in order to keep the humidity at proper levels (in my
small temporary reptibreeze cage) ive been having to mist alot more than what
most people recommend or suggest. We will be investing in a fogger and I've
already made a small drip system. (granted it doesn't work as well as i'd hoped it
would through the mesh screen) but until we do get that fogger are there any
tips for keeping humidity up? We bought some spray that is supposed to help
but hasn't proved itself worth the ten dollars, and put a baby pothos plant in
with him but I've had to mist so often its actually killing the plant. Plus on top of
all of that. I'd just rather not have to bother Reptar so much with the constant
spraying.

 

[Decadancin]

Try some paper towels wrapped up at the bottom of the enclosure. Also, you can put some plastic or a shower curtain around a few sides of the enclosure. What is the humidity level at?

 

[cbassabin]

I try to keep it at about 50 to 60% constantly but the only time it seems to stay for a decent amount of time is when the lights are off. I will try both of those suggestions thanks.

 

[cbassabin]

50 to 60% in his chill corner opposite his basking.

 

[Decadancin]

That should be good! Hope those suggestions work!

 

[NolaGirl]

I have a 3 month old male Veiled cham. I was having the same problem. I went to Home Depot and bought some clear plastic drop cloths. They're by the painting supplies. I cut the drop cloth to size and loosely taped it to 3 sides of the Reptibreeze with painters tape, leaving the front of the enclosure open. It does a good job of retaining humidity. It's also good to have 2 sets of live plants. When the plants get too water logged that are inside of the enclosure, you can switch them out for the spare plants to let the others dry out for a bit.

 

[deadhd5]

I would suggest picking up a reasonably priced ultrasonic cool mist humidifier and upping the ambient room humidity. This will set a baseline for your cage humidity and will increase the length of time a cage will have increased humidity after misting (due to longer evaporation times in a more humid environment).

 

[cbassabin]

thanks to everyone for being so helpful. I actually took a some of your suggestions and have already seen some good results. Such a great community of caring pet owners!

 

[cbassabin]

oh and deadhd such a common sense solution I didn't even think about it. lol actually I own a humidifier for a small room and I just hooked that up near reptars cage seeing as its a larger room but Im sure I should have no more humidity problems.