fogger question

[gcd312]

Hi,
My last post was a question about how to keep humidity up. Long story short, i bought the Zoo Med Repti-Fogger and it works great. The only thing that i am worried about is the actual fog.
The tank gets to about 60-70% humidity which is exactly where i want it. However, the whole tank is just really foggy. It gets almost full of fog sometimes. Is this bad? The humidity level isn't too high - its just where i want it. Im just worried that the actual fog might be a problem.

Thank you!

 

[kellen.watkins]

I wouldn't think so and where do you have your hygrometer? If its on the hot side I have noticed it gives less of a reading, you could also try turning down the output I got the same one and love it

 

[gcd312]

I wouldn't think so and where do you have your hygrometer? If its on the hot side I have noticed it gives less of a reading, you could also try turning down the output I got the same one and love it

Yea it's on the hot side. And i think the falty reading could be because the fog kind of gravitates towards the heat.

Thanks a lot!

 

[Rhetoric]

I don't use any foggers on my enclosures. I have a giant water dish in each enclosure and since theyre in the garage, I use a hose to get the substrate wet. Honestly, I don't measure the humidity anymore. If you're a new keeper I would still keep track of it. The reason I don't measure it is because my tegus don't have shedding issues and they are hydrated. The enclosures I have are humid enough to see the "sweat" on the glass doors.
Is the fog a thicker dense fog?

 

[gcd312]

I don't use any foggers on my enclosures. I have a giant water dish in each enclosure and since theyre in the garage, I use a hose to get the substrate wet. Honestly, I don't measure the humidity anymore. If you're a new keeper I would still keep track of it. The reason I don't measure it is because my tegus don't have shedding issues and they are hydrated. The enclosures I have are humid enough to see the "sweat" on the glass doors.
Is the fog a thicker dense fog?

Yes that's exactly how the fog is. Ever since I got it (yesterday) I've seen a huge difference in shedding - a lot more of it. What kind of shedding issues could he have? Is that just if he doesn't shed enough or could he possibly shed too much?

 

[reptastic]

I agree you should turn down the settings, a tegu Cant shed to much, they grow very fast Indian shed quite often, mines are averaging a shed every other week

 

[Rhetoric]

I don't think they can shed too much. The biggest shedding/humidity issue would be losing toes or bits of the tail. This happens because the skin doesn't come off all the way and constricts blood flow to the toe/tail. Another issue could be hydration. If you provide a water dish large enough for soaking and a semi-humid hide it should be fine. Some humidity is better than no humidity. Hopefully other members will chime in, what I have been doing seems to be working for my tegus and I.

 

[kellen.watkins]

If the humidity is too low they could have issues getting the skin off, the skin can constrict around the toes causing them to fall off, last year when I had my tegu when he went into shed it was code red all hands on deck lol I live in nevada where there is no humidity practically and I'm over protective of my pets too I guess, I have a buddy whose tegu has lost 2 toes to shedding poor tegu, but he's a sweetheart lol

 

[Rhetoric]

thats how rango is, he only has 2 front toes (previous home) but hes the sweetest of my tegus.

 

[james.w]

If you have 60-70% humidity on the hot side it is probably about 100% on the cool side. I would move your hygrometer to the cool side and get it to 65-75% there. That should help with the fog.

 

[gcd312]

If you have 60-70% humidity on the hot side it is probably about 100% on the cool side. I would move your hygrometer to the cool side and get it to 65-75% there. That should help with the fog.

Ok cool i'll try that. The fogger goes right into the middle of the cage (from the top). Does that matter?

 

[james.w]

No it doesn't really matter where it goes in. Once you put the hygrometer on the cool side you can try different places for the fogged to go in.