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Summary: Learn how to keep a veiled chameleon habitat humid by spraying him down or by using a home/room humidifier; get more expert advice on keeping chameleon’s habitats humid in this free reptile video clip.
Nichole Bragg is the Reptile Expert for The Pet Kingdom in Cottonwood, AZ. She also has many reptiles of her own. Pet Kingdom is at 928-639-4283read more
"NICOLE BRAGG: On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Nicole and I'm here to tell you about Veiled Chameleons. Now, since Veiled Chameleons are tropical animals, you need to provide a pretty high level of humidity for them. They like their humidity to be around at least 75%. More is better. Now, you can run a humidifier in the room that will help the room accumulate quite a bit of humidity, but this probably won't be enough for your chameleon. You might want to--what I do is I spray her down several times a day, I'll spray her down with the squirt bottle. The substrate that I've got in the bottom holds moisture really well, so even though she's got a fresh air habitat which allows evaporation, she still gets quite a bit of humidity. During the evening time, the humidity should rise, it should be around at least 80%. It's a very good idea to keep humidity gauges in your terrarium so you're able to judge how much humidity you're allowing your chameleon to have. Now, in Arizona, which is where I live, we don't have any humidity. So, I have to provide a lot of excess humidity for her. I have to make sure she's sprayed down all the time and I, also, can run a humidifier in the room where all of my reptiles are."
eHow Article: How to Keep Veiled Chameleon Habitats Humid
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tryniti said
on 8/2/2008 This chick doesn't know what she's talking about. That's way too humidity. It sounds like she's just guessing. The best way to keep up humidity is misting twice a day, and simply keeping a dripper system. You don't need it much higher than 50-60 percent most of the time. Also - her heat lamp is off on her tank, and her Chameleon looks stressed.
craigcnotes said
on 8/2/2008 Her heat lamp is on, but I agree she sounds ill-informed. Chameleons aren't from humid regions. 50-60% is great for them. I mean she is using the same Waterfall that I use and it has an additional compartment which houses a fog generator. It does not raise the humidity to 100% in a vented cage but it helps with the live plants and does move threw the cage easier with evaporation.