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[ToonTomH]

Hi all,

Got an exo-terra for my Cresties a while ago, but have been struggling to get humidity that keeps it humid through the night. It's never had any wet patches come morning, and last night when I woke up in the middle of the night and turned the light on to check the time (Around 12:30), there was next to no moist areas in the terrarium. It was thoroughly sprayed at around 10.

Just wondered how people go about keeping the humidity up in their Crestie Exo-Terras?

Thanks,

Tom
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[neep_neep]

I use the eco-earth coco fibre substrate and make sure that it is always kept moist, in addition to nightly spraying.

That means if the ambient humidity drops, there will still be some evaporation from the substrate to keep humidity at an appropriate level.
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[crouchy]

i use the exo-terra planting soil (basically the same as the cocofibre stuff) and i can go a week without spraying and the humidity barely drops at all. I was so surprised by how well it maintains the humidity that i have changed my humidity gauge thinking it was fautly
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[pixie]

I find putting clingfilm over half of the mesh at the top helps to keep humidity.
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[Scott W]

I find that they don't require a masive amount of humidity, especially as adults. If you keep them on slightly damp eco earth or peat then no extra misting is required (although won't do any harm so long as it doesn't create a stagnant atmosphere).
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[ChrisM]

Dont know about cresties, but to keep the humidity up in exo's I use for my darts, I have got glass over half of the lid (covers all of one mess section).

[JohnC]

I agree with Scott, adults only need the humidity a bit more than room humidity, a damp substrate is plenty.
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