Raising Humidity in Enclosure

[uno_youngstar]

Hi everyone!

This is my first post on this forum after following for a while without making an account.

Wondering how to raise the humidity in my yearling Indian Star's enclosure. It is pretty consistently at 65 and I am not sure how to raise it. I put tarp and aluminum foil above the top around the heat lamps to try to replicate a closed chamber and have been misting at morning and night.

Thanks!

 

[wellington]

Instead of misting, pour some warm water on the substrate or in the corners.
You want to dampen the lower layer of substrate while keeping the top only slightly damp.
Misting will never do it, as it just dries up to quickly.

 

[S2G]

I tried other ways before i started keeping dart frogs. I would keep these like a red foot or box turtle humidity wise. I use a thin layer of black 15ppm pond filter foam. Then cover half that with leaf litter then half with fine orchid bark. Then i leave a little water in the bottom (false bottom). i install a little airline for a drain. Mist the top layer as needed. That little water on the bottom holds humidity stable like no other method Ive tried. Its worked from tiny fragile frogs to red/yellow foots

You can also toss you some springtails & isopods in the leaf litter to help clean up things.