As we say so often, the answer is "it depends". Many people use paper towels as they are easy to exchange when they get dirty. Yes, they will get wet, but if your cage dries out daily that's OK. Actually, the towels absorb moisture and help slow down evaporation a little. Some people use substrates to make a more "naturalistic" terrarium, but it takes planning to keep it working. You don't want to use substrate that has chunks of bark or moss that could be picked up on the cham's tongue if its shooting at loose feeders. They can ingest it and cause intestinal injuries or a blockage. Loose feeders burrow into it, it can get moldy, boggy, smell, and accumulate old fecal and urate matter. Many keepers just create a simple bare cage floor and put in a drain. There's a sticky message at the top of the Enclosures and Supplies forum that gives all sorts of ideas for cage floor drainage.
Okay thanks! I did have coco fiber down but I want some free roaming crickets so he/she can hunt. I'm going to be puttin drainage holes in my substrate tray but I was wondering how many times on average you're supposed to mist in a day?
My train of thought on this is If you need to maintain a higher level of humidification like with montane species then I use a substreight, but when humidity isn't as hard to maintain as in veiled, or panther I find no substreight to be best, and easer because like was said it has to be set up properly, and maintained. How often you mist depends entirely on your cham's drinking habits, and your humidity requirements. It is something you will have to work with and figure out yourself I'm afraid. Just remember some cham's take a while before they realize hay I think I will drink. Good luck I hope I was of some help.
Wow it looks nice!
