Quote Originally Posted by deranged chipmunk View Post
forgot to add that this wouldn't be safe if you are using higher powered incandescent lighting for heat.
also, how much coco is in the bottom of the tank. and when you touch it, is it dry to the touch? or moist. you can get away without water in the tank, but you need to make sure the coco fiber is dampish. with your set up, THAT is your humidity retention. kind of like a pacman viv. if your substrate feels dry, mist it heavily. how often do you need to drain the tank? and btw, a pic is worth a thousand words here. can you post one of your viv so we can maybe get a better grasp of this?

I missed a lot in the past few days! Bill, thanks for answering Hoppitys questions for me. Skitter is a White's tree frog. The water bowl deep enough for them to sit in it with the water up their chin. Skitter is actually doing better. Seems like a phase, kinda like the cats always switching up where they sleep. Today he slept in the water for about 4 hours and then got out on his own and slept on his half log. Then tried to eat Olive during dinner, just like normal!

I'll post some pictures as soon as I get a moment to take some. I did take your advise and made sure the substrate was moist. I admit it was on the dry side since during the summer the humidity was just fine.