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Joined: Mar 25, 2005 Posts: 1354 Location: Denver, CO
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 3:48 pm Post subject: Humidity Percentage Question
I've found the humidity to be moderate, rather than the required high in my enclosures - I'm looking for a relative humidity level in percentage that is adequate for my enclosures, and would this vary For the Argentine vs the Colombian ? I've managed to get my Argentines enclosure to 85% - of course it don't last though - Is this acceptable ? And for the Colombian ? _________________ 1.0.0 Ball Python "Albino"
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Joined: Jul 23, 2005 Posts: 385 Location: North Carolina
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:26 pm Post subject:
Wow... I have only managed to get mine to 70%, and i felt that i was doing pretty good with it. It feels pretty wet in there too. I bet your 85% percent, even when it drops a bit, is pretty good. _________________ The Jay
Joined: Mar 25, 2005 Posts: 1354 Location: Denver, CO
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:51 am Post subject:
I've closed off more of the top of the enclosure around 80%, added some soaked moss in a rubbermaid type container, lid on with many holes drilled into it and left it on the hot side of the tank, and probably misting twice the amount of water I was at one time - Since I posted this last night, the humidity had dropped from 85% to 70% overnight so that's not to bad IMO for around a 12 hour period... _________________ 1.0.0 Ball Python "Albino"
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Last edited by Teiidae on Wed Oct 12, 2005 11:51 am, edited 1 time in total
It seems to me that the main reason to keep humidity high is to help with shedding, but becuase tegus like to burrow this is easy to facilitate.
As long as the substrate is suitable and deep enough (a good few inches or more), the tegus will burrow into it. This gives them access to raised humidity (providing you keep it sufficiently damp), and the physcial act of burrowing about helps them to shed the old skin.
I spray enough so that the surface dries out during the day, but if you dig down, it is still damp at the bottom.
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