Hello! I will be getting my AFT in a few weeks when the breeder says he is ready to go. I have been running his terrarium as though he were living in there ((besides feeding of course) and I seem to be having trouble retaining humidity during the day. I have read that they do best when kept between 50-70% humidity. I have been misting the substrate both in the morning and at night and when I mist at night it shoots up to 80% and then by morning it is still around 55%. So I mist again, and it again shoots up to 80% but by the middle of the day it is down to 30%. I have already covered two of the top four screened ventilation panels with compost bag “plastic” and duct tape which does seem to help but I don’t want to cover the other two as those are the ones that the lights are sitting on and #1 I don’t want it to melt and #2 he will still need fresh air. Now I do have two hides with moist moss that I have been misting thoroughly in the mornings and I am using about 3” of coconut husk substrate as it retains moisture fairly well, and also there are two little water bowls and a fake aloe Vera plant that retains water in its “leaves”. Do you think that it is ok that the humidity goes down so low by afternoon? I do work 12 hour shifts and I come home in the middle to feed and let my dog outside and can mist when I do that too when on day shift but I don’t want him to have any long term negative effects from this...
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