| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Unamed |
Posted - 17/08/2014 : 11:30:45
My royals viv humidity is around 45% is this too low? What can happen health wise if it is this low? Is it worth me putting a little sphagnum moss? |
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| Natty |
Posted - 27/11/2014 : 12:19:43
That's great, thank you :) |
| Baobab |
Posted - 27/11/2014 : 09:58:35
We generally spray the warm end of the viv once every couple of days and once to twice a day when shedding. As Bob says we stopped monitoring humidity with gauges as they were so unreliable. |
| Natty |
Posted - 26/11/2014 : 17:58:54
Thanks Alves. It seems to have stabilised at 45% but I will try and bring it up further. |
| Alves76 |
Posted - 26/11/2014 : 16:51:58
I'm not sure about the immediacy of raising the humidity level, but it certainly wouldn't do any harm in bringing it up now if you can. |
| Natty |
Posted - 26/11/2014 : 15:44:16
Our humidity is at about 38% which I realise is too low. Shall I worry about getting up straight away or wait til she's in blue? |
| Strawb |
Posted - 31/08/2014 : 10:05:24
Same thing for me. I only worry about humidity when she's in blue, then I soak some old dish towels in warm water, give them a squeeze then drape them around the terrarium. Every time a clean slough. |
| Alves76 |
Posted - 28/08/2014 : 17:48:34
You're spot on Bob about humidity readings wrt placement of the hygrometer. That said, the cheap ones aren't as inaccurate as you'd think.
I've tested my £3 one against a UKAS calibrated hygrometer (one of the expensive professional ones) and they were within a couple of percent of each other. |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 28/08/2014 : 11:45:40
Hygrometers generally are really difficult to position to give a 'true' reading of humidity. Too close to the heat or even just direct line of sight to the heat source and it will read lower than it truly is. Too close to an item or in a ventilation dead spot and it's reading higher than it really is. For this reason I got sick of them and stopped using them. I now use this tried and trusted technique for humidity regulation.
1) look at vivarium
2) no condensation. Humidity is fine.
Household and UK humidity is perfect for Royals, if you don't have a dehumidifier running at home it's going to be at the very least 50% it's 68% humidity in the Uk at the moment, measured using far more accurate meters than our cheap ones. |
| boomslang |
Posted - 18/08/2014 : 19:23:17
quote:
Originally posted by chrisc
i never measured the humidity when i had royals just sprayed twice a a day while they were in blue
Same here more or less :) |
| Alves76 |
Posted - 17/08/2014 : 17:21:06
A damp face-cloth on the warm side on a small plate works for me. Keeps the humidity wherever you want it depending on how damp you make it. The plate stops it getting on the substrate causing mould. Change every couple of days. |
| chrisc |
Posted - 17/08/2014 : 14:26:30
i never measured the humidity when i had royals just sprayed twice a a day while they were in blue |
| rustyp1974 |
Posted - 17/08/2014 : 12:34:19
50-60% is the norm so I guess 45 is a bit low but shouldn't cause too much harm.Just try to up it when he/she goes into blue. |
