Waterfalls.

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dirtyblacksocks;1559014; said:
Using a digital hygrometer designed to calculate weather trends over a timespan, it's a wireless probe that sends out to a fairly complicated receiver and I don't leave it in day in and day out (it's for monitoring weather trends outside to make sure some of our garden doesn't get killed).

There's a water dish in there, these are Vision 211 cages so there isn't any easy way of putting a heat lamp over a water dish for more evaporation.

The humidity in my actual house is 0%-1% consistently, I live in the desert.

I was originally thinking about just putting a fogger in to get it up but I really dislike them as they can hurt the lizards and are generally just a pain to take care of.

I could try spraying as well, which I haven't. I was just thinking about the waterfalls because A. The Vision 211's are display cages and B. It would give me a running water source and be a more low maintenance way of getting the humidity up.

I haven't ever watched my leo's for 24 hours straight, but I'm a disabled Vet. so I spend the majority of my time couped up in the house. There have been days where I've checked in on them every 30 minutes over a 24 hour period (I don't sleep much somtimes).


Money's not all that big of an issue with me. If you think the waterfalls are a bad idea for reasons outside of being expensive let me know, like I said I'm trying to find a low maintenance solution.
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The only real concern about the waterfalls is the ability for them to produce alot of bacteria if they are not kept clean at all times. So if youre looking for a low maintance way of keeping the humidity higher I would just opt to getting a spray system in there or just manually spray the cage yourself, both of which would seem easier than maintaining a waterfall from having bacteria outbreaks that could put your geckos health in danger.
 
Plus the water fall is where all of your crickets will eventually end up down in the basin where they will die and start to decompose causing even further detremental bacteria.I speak from experience .I have the exoterra large and this is what happened to me .It is currently in dry storage.
 
Snapped these with my junk camera to give an idea. Not sure when I'll have the good one back, but at least it gives you an idea:

The enclosures as I see them.
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This is the smaller girl, I woke them up to take these pics but they're fairly inquisitive when they're up and about and definately fat little pigs.

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Here she is in her hide, which she never leaves.

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This is my bigger girl, I think she might be gravid with a pair of eggs, her belly's been puffing out a lot lately.

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Enclosures pictured seperately

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I'm due to change the sand out in a week, thinking about switching to white. When I do I'm going to be putting a strip of flexwatt across the back rather than using the 8"x11" heat pads that are under the tanks right now.

I'm aware they need an additional shelter each, originally had two in but they still don't leave their hides so I've removed them. When I change the sand out I'll be upgrading the furniture inside to a large cave and a wood shelter each.

Still a lot to be done to sort of pretty the tanks up a bit for my own personal viewing pleasure, but they've got the bare essentials right now.
 
The geckos look fine there is no stuck shed or anything of that nature that would indicate them having any issues with humidity.
 
Yeah I know they're definately healthy, eating 13 crickets a night give or take and pooping up a storm.

I was thinking about it further and there's a possibility that they're coming out of brumation, the previous owner had them in a 20 gallon long whose sole heat source was a 50 watt bulb. It got fairly cold this winter, but I'm not too familiar with how brumation works.

I know leo's will do it if the temps get too cold, but will they come out of it immediately or does it take a bit for them to come around?

Anywho, I'm going to just get a spray bottle and try to keep the humidity around 20%.
 
dirtyblacksocks;1559483; said:
Yeah I know they're definately healthy, eating 13 crickets a night give or take and pooping up a storm.

I was thinking about it further and there's a possibility that they're coming out of brumation, the previous owner had them in a 20 gallon long whose sole heat source was a 50 watt bulb. It got fairly cold this winter, but I'm not too familiar with how brumation works.

I know leo's will do it if the temps get too cold, but will they come out of it immediately or does it take a bit for them to come around?

Anywho, I'm going to just get a spray bottle and try to keep the humidity around 20%.
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If brumated they would both take a few weeks to get in tip top shape, just make sure you keep feeding them so the males can begin to produce sperm and the females begin to produce viable ovum, their digestion system,reproductive systems shutdown causing them to have to build up appetite and mating drive.
 
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