humidity

[grimlin18]

what can i do to keep the humidity in my chams cage up? i spray about 4 -5 times a day. after i spray the humidity goes down in about 20 min.

 

[Justin Ward]

you could drape plastic (i.e shower curtain) over a few sides of your cage or add live plants to help boost humidity

 

[cityman212]

Do you have enough plant material in the enclosure to hold some moisture and provide some extended humidity effect?

 

[Kansascity]

I used Vinyl (from a party store birthday table cover) to cover views to other cham cages, and this will help with humidity. As far as humidity you can purchase a fogger but you can also use a regular cool mist humidifier 24/7 (which I do all my cages linger around 50-60% humidity day/night, Also real palnts. It is all about figuring out what is best for the conditions of your home. Took me 2 weeks to est. a good humidity level. Hope I helped a bit. u can go to target, Wally world or online that simple will set you back any where from $20-40 bucks. Gd luck. Also use dippers . I skimmed through the posts so forgive me if you added that. Also a quick reminder keep your cages away from any type of drafts!

 

[carol5208]

grimlin, did you read my post on the supplement thread that you commented on earlier and pm to you about the supplements you are using?

 

[grimlin18]

i dont have any real plants, just artificial ones, but i"ll try the shower curtains. thanks!

ohh dang thanks carol i havent used the minerall indoor, i just got it today. i was gonna start using it tomorrow. but thanks for the heads up.

 

[carol5208]

i dont have any real plants, just artificial ones, but i"ll try the shower curtains. thanks!

ohh dang thanks carol i havent used the minerall indoor, i just got it today. i was gonna start using it tomorrow. but thanks for the heads up.

your welcome, I would take it back and get the OUTDOOR forumla if you have the other that contains the d3.

 

[summoner12]

I use shower curtains on cages I need to 'add walls' to. I also use live plants and AquaZamp automated misting systems.

Another thing to keep in mind is that it is still a good idea to let the cage dry out and have a dry spell/low humidity. Also be sure you are using a digital humidity gauge, the cheap analog stuff at petco won't work, at all.

 

[grimlin18]

yeah the thing is i do have the outdoor formula it came in a package with the calcium and multivitamins but them i ordered the indoor since i was going to keep him indoor mostly but was unaware of the D3 problem. so it doesnt matter if i use outdoor if i keep him in door mostly?

 

[summoner12]

You want to use a mix of three things...

Calcium without D3 (outdoor)
Calcium with D3 (indoor)
and a vitamin dust like... RepCal makes... lol forget the name but it's the blue label.

you want to use the 'indoor' maybe one or two times a week. if you are using the RepCal 'indoor' type, with the D3, only use it once a week because it has 100 times more D3 in it than the Miner-All. and use the 'outdoor' calcium without D3 the other days you aren't using the 'indoor' calcium... and then mix in the vitamin dust maybe two times a month... maybe even three.