Does anyone use drippers to increase humidity for their Uros?

[Mettle]

I am testing out the use of a crude diy dripper for my Uroplatus sikorae and was wondering if anyone else had done this to help with humidity?

I'm just using a Solo delicup with an extremely small pinhole in the bottom. It delivers one small droplet of water about every 1.5 seconds. The water trickles down a series of leaves with not a whole lot even reaches the substrate (wouldn't want that to get soaked).

I was thinking of putting a controlled amount of water in the dripper for daytime dispersal (so that it drips until about midday probably) and continue with the morning/evening mistings.

Too moist? Opinions?

Thanks.

 

[UrbanJungles]

In my opinion a drip really does nothing for ambient humidity. A drip system is best for chameleons who won't drink standing water whereas Uroplatus excel at this. Misting is the best possible way to increase ambient humidity and I think your drip system will just leave one wet concentrated area.

 

[RFB2]

I agree with UrbanJungles comment.

Are you trying to raise humidity to drop the temp in the enclosure, or is your temp not an issue?

If temp is not an issue, the best way to achieve a higher humidity is through misting a couple times a day and live plants. A dry out in between misting will not hurt your Uroplatus as long as the temps stay cool. I mist mine twice a day with no issues including at shedding time. If anything a dry out time is beneficial to inhibit bacterial growth in the cage. I think a lot of people get paranoid about the humidity requirements for this genus and go way overboard doing more harm then good.

For example, when I mist before lights go out the ambient humidity is 100%. When I get up in the morning and turn the lights on the ambient humidity is any where between 60-70% I then spray again raising the humidity to 100%. Before I spray again at lights off the humidity is always 50%.

 

[Mettle]

Thanks for the advice. I'll skip the dripper and make some other adjustments I think... Cheers!

 

[allen]

i`ll go with the previous posts.
Dripper will create a swamp, which will only create bacterial pools.
A misting system is a better tool, together with a fogger. Fogger gives a nice humidity, but doesn`t leave your substrate too wet. Also it cools down a bit the viv.

Within a few weeks, i`ll get new viv`s with a drainingtube. My idea is to put the small claypellets in first, then a layer of foil(which let the water pass) and on top of that a layer of earth. This to create a natural substrate.

greetz
Allen

 

[Mettle]

Are you having the enclosure with the drainage tube custom built? I'd really love to see it once you're done!

 

[allen]

Yes, normally within 2 months or so. I will post some pics then.