Heat/Humidity frustration

[deranged chipmunk]

gotcha. that explains to me why the humidity is so low. if you have a piece of plexi lying around, you can cover part of the top with that to hold the humidity in and it won't be affected by your lighting. you can actually put your lights on it.

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?

[Hoppity100]

Yeah, good idea. The water bowl should be 6-8" and 4-5" deep.

[Sasha]

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.

[Hoppity100]

Hi, whatever the question was, thanks for answering. Glad your frog likes his water bowl.

[deranged chipmunk]

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.

glad to hear he is doing better he tries to eat Olive for dinner? and that's normal to you?? LOL ok, i actually do get it my guys sleep all over the place. some days they'll sleep on the ground, some days on a branch. for 3 days straight, one of mine slept INSIDE my waterfall. i have a pic of it somewhere. he even so much as pushed himself so far inside that he all but overflowed the outlet so bad as to stop the pump.....lol

[Hoppity100]

Mine sleep all over the place, too.

[NatureLady]

Mine loves his water dish! If he wasn't in it often I would worry!

[Hoppity100]

I would, too. How big is his dish?

[NatureLady]

Big enough for him to sit in, move around in, and keep his whole body wet but his chin out of water. I also have large river rock pieces that cover my hydoballs and slop to the front of the tank that are always wet. (He actually needs a bigger bowl, but I am wanting to tear into his tank and remodel!)