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Can you guys help figure out how to get humidity up on my cages. They seem not to stay high.
Thank you for all your help
 
If you need it up for snakes, use a humidity box. Basically its a hidebox built from a tupperware container that will fit the snake and some sphagnum moss. Get the container, fill it halfway with damp long cut Sphagnum Moss (note this is NOT peat moss but LONG CUT SPHAGNUM MOSS - found in plant shops or Home Depot's plant department) then put on the lid. Cut a hole into the lid that just allows the snakes to get inside after an average sized meal. The hole should be near one corner or one edge of the box. Leave the box near the warmer end of the tank but not right over or under a heat source (or it dries out too qiuickly). That is all you need with snakes for humidity. They crawl in and out as they want. Change the moss about once per week or two - or if soiled. Make sure it is slightly damp every four days to a week. Don't let it get too wet or it will get mildewy. It usually does not promote mold, mildew, or fungal growth unless too wet as the moss is pretty acidic.

Would probably work for some lizards too.
 
humidity

It is for my chameleons and some lizards such as my crested geckos, tokays, and a lot of frogs, uroplatus, etc.
 
Peter,

For chameleons I use either a misting system or a drip system. As long as your temps are not extreme (above 100 as it sometimes gets here in Southern California) then a drip system will work. I also use very leafy plants in my enclosures and really pack them in. This helps keep the humidity up and provides plenty of places for water to pool for the chameleons to drink from.
 
what should I use for the crested geckos, frogs, leaftailed geckos, monkey tailed skinks etc.
 
I am not sire about those lizards, but many small rain forest frogs will readily use a humidity box if you don't have them in a well planted and humid vivarium.
 
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