bigant25
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Is covering 3 sides of cage with shower curtain ok?
Hello despite my best efforts I can't keep my RH above 60% to accommodate my subadult Panther Chameleon (Ambilobe) he is in a standard 18X18X36 zoo med all screen cage . I'm in New York and it's cold and dry from now until March . I have a 'Crane' cool mist humidifier with a hose running directly into the cage set on high running 24X7 and I mist the cage heavily at 8:30am / again at 5:30pm (when I get home from work ) and then every other hour when I'm home to try and keep humidity up.
I already covered 2 out of the 4 sides with shower curtain plastic cut to measure and then hot glued around the perimeter
Since covering 2 sides it helps a little but is still insufficient.
Should I .... ??Can I .....?cover a third side and only leave the front open ? Or will this be inhibiting the air flow too much ? As it is I live in a small apt and the windows need to usually be closed to keep out the Cold dry NY outside air. I read on this site that chameleons need a free flow of air to maintain good health / so that leads me to believe covering 3 sides might do more harm then good. but I am in a catch 22 here . Not to mention.. My hot water bill is going through the roof from letting my shower run on hot with the door open to get humidity into the air in my apt/ I resort to doing this at least once a day and it's getting to be too much. I'm wasting a lot of water and gas to run a hot shower and that's terrible for the environment as well.
Thanks for any help
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Hello despite my best efforts I can't keep my RH above 60% to accommodate my subadult Panther Chameleon (Ambilobe) he is in a standard 18X18X36 zoo med all screen cage . I'm in New York and it's cold and dry from now until March . I have a 'Crane' cool mist humidifier with a hose running directly into the cage set on high running 24X7 and I mist the cage heavily at 8:30am / again at 5:30pm (when I get home from work ) and then every other hour when I'm home to try and keep humidity up.
I already covered 2 out of the 4 sides with shower curtain plastic cut to measure and then hot glued around the perimeter
Since covering 2 sides it helps a little but is still insufficient.
Should I .... ??Can I .....?cover a third side and only leave the front open ? Or will this be inhibiting the air flow too much ? As it is I live in a small apt and the windows need to usually be closed to keep out the Cold dry NY outside air. I read on this site that chameleons need a free flow of air to maintain good health / so that leads me to believe covering 3 sides might do more harm then good. but I am in a catch 22 here . Not to mention.. My hot water bill is going through the roof from letting my shower run on hot with the door open to get humidity into the air in my apt/ I resort to doing this at least once a day and it's getting to be too much. I'm wasting a lot of water and gas to run a hot shower and that's terrible for the environment as well.
Thanks for any help
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