Trouble keeping substrate moist throughout

[MikeIsGreen]

Haha! Thats fine man..no worries! Sounds like a pretty cool lunch to me! I turned off the basking light and turned on the infared light and current substrate level temp (where he is nooked up) is at 81.6 and half inch above that is 82.4 which to me seems good, but what say you guys? Thanks!

[DigitalPunk]

again not being a packman expert I would say it sounds good to me.. I would let one of the other experts chime in before you take me word for it lol.

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Every time I take my frog out to feed or to spot clean or for any reason.
I use this time to add treated water to the substate to get it to the level of clumping when compressed and not sopping wet.

With doing that and the amount of cover I have on the top screen it keeps the humidity levels around 70-80%
and if drops below 70% the Hygrotherm kicks in the zoomed reptifogger but that is a rare thing.
I normally don't have to refill the bottle for month to more.

[MikeIsGreen]

Cool...thanks Louis! I havent removed him for a feeding yet, but may start! I got my zoo med thermometer/hygrometer just a little but ago and just like I thought my humidity is low I just misted and it's only at 40% was higher but dropped. What could I cover part of the screen with since I don't have aluminum foil? I do have plastic wrap and I did see the reptifogger is cheaper atm on amazon than petsmart. Is this a route I should go? Thanks guys!

[Bedore]

Cool...thanks Louis! I havent removed him for a feeding yet, but may start! I got my zoo med thermometer/hygrometer just a little but ago and just like I thought my humidity is low I just misted and it's only at 40% was higher but dropped. What could I cover part of the screen with since I don't have aluminum foil? I do have plastic wrap and I did see the reptifogger is cheaper atm on amazon than petsmart. Is this a route I should go? Thanks guys!

I figured your humidity was quite low judging by the look of the dried substrate. You want to aim for 70-80% humidity. I tried housing my Pacman in a 10g enclosure but I just could not get the humidity above 40% no matter how much I misted. On my end it's due to the forced hot air heating system and the fact that it's been running a lot lately and it really dries the air out. Not sure what your room humidity is, but take that into account. You can cover part of the enclosure with aluminum foil or plexiglass. You can also try plastic wrap. If you find that you cannot sustain the proper humidity then consider trying a smaller enclosure. I currently keep mine in an Exo-Terra 12x12x12 and have the top covered with aluminum foil with a cutout for the heat emitter. I mist in the morning and evening and that holds levels fine.

You can buy the reptifogger and try and fine tune it to the proper humidity, but I would personally buy the Zoomed Hygrotherm and hook your heating device and the reptifogger (should you get it) into this device as it will regulate the proper temps and humidity automatically. Good luck!

[MikeIsGreen]

I am gonna call petsmart in a minute and get a price quote on the items you just mentioned and go there tomorrow and purchase them. I knew from the start that a metal crate lid was not going to hold humidity, but the guy at petsmart said it would along with misting. Thank you for this! Oh and by heat source I assume you mean the heat lamp? Still trying to grasp all this..sorry

[Bedore]

I am gonna call petsmart in a minute and get a price quote on the items you just mentioned and go there tomorrow and purchase them. I knew from the start that a metal crate lid was not going to hold humidity, but the guy at petsmart said it would along with misting. Thank you for this! Oh and by heat source I assume you mean the heat lamp? Still trying to grasp all this..sorry

Correct. You plug the heating device and humidity device into the hygrotherm and it regulates them automatically. I would still recommend a ceramic heat emitter for the heat source, however the decision on what you use for heat is yours.