Veiled cham in humid environment

[czukowski]

Veiled chameleon in humid environment

Hi all,

I'm getting a young veiled chameleon and have already read and trying to digest quite a lot of various information over here and elsewhere on the net. But I'd like an advice from experienced keepers:

I think I may have an issue with the humidity - the place where I live has already quite high humidity, which is usually about 60 - 70% indoors in the summer and may be even 80% in the winter. I'm worried that misting will bring it even higher, which may not be very good for the cham, let alone the chances of mold appearing.

But I still need to get him drinking. Will just the dripper be sufficient?

 

[chambeg]

Hi all,

I'm getting a young veiled chameleon and have already read and trying to digest quite a lot of various information over here and elsewhere on the net. But I'd like an advice from experienced keepers:

I think I may have an issue with the humidity - the place where I live has already quite high humidity, which is usually about 60 - 70% indoors in the summer and may be even 80% in the winter. I'm worried that misting will bring it even higher, which may not be very good for the cham, let alone the chances of mold appearing. But I still need to get him drinking. Will just the dripper be sufficient?

I live in florida which has the same humidity as you are talking about. My humidity in the cage is about 45-50% without me doing anything, and when i turn out the light it goes to 60-70%. Basically when you have the light on the humidity level will go down. You will most likely need to mist it, but at night you will be fine!

 

[Swayne8998]

You still need to mist for water, but if the humidity breaks 80 I wouldn't be worried. The humid-er, the better!

 

[OfficialChameleon]

Yes

Hey,

Ya that humidity is ideal but you MUST mist! If you do NOT mist then your lizard will die a horrible death of dehydration

 

[czukowski]

Should I be worried if the humidity breaks 90 or even 100%?

Various sources on the internet state that veils need 30 - 50% to 40 - 60%. I just wasn't totally clear from it whether it's a lower 'soft' bound or an actual range enjoyable by the veiled chams.

 

[Swayne8998]

Should I be worried if the humidity breaks 90 or even 100%?

Various sources on the internet state that veils need 30 - 50% to 40 - 60%. I just wasn't totally clear from it whether it's a lower 'soft' bound or an actual range enjoyable by the veiled chams.

Nah humidity helps with shedding mostly and stimulates chams. So don't be worried if it gets over 90%.

 

[czukowski]

I live in florida which has the same humidity as you are talking about. My humidity in the cage is about 45-50% without me doing anything, and when i turn out the light it goes to 60-70%. Basically when you have the light on the humidity level will go down. You will most likely need to mist it, but at night you will be fine!

You were right, the test runs showed humidity dropped to about 40-45% with both lamps on and misting brings it up to about 50-55%.

 

[Carlton]

Nah humidity helps with shedding mostly and stimulates chams. So don't be worried if it gets over 90%.

You certainly don't want the humidity to STAY at 80 or 90% constantly. That's asking for a respiratory infection!