clyde612
Juvie Member
- Beardie name(s)
- Clyde
I recently brought my little guy on a road trip from Colorado to California! I was anticipating humidity becoming an issue, as I am now a block away from the beach (lots of fog, marine layer, and moisture). I bought a new dehumidifier before arriving, and also brought along an Eva-Dry dehumidifier.
Here are the two products I have:
https://www.eva-dry.com/product/e-500-renewable-high-capacity-dehumidifier/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C7555BG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also took the water dish out of his tank the dehumidifiers are definitely working, but I am still concerned. His humidity level should be around 40%, outside right now is about 75%, and the gauge in his tank reads at about 50%. The gauge I have IS a ZooMed stick-on (on the hot side)... and I know that stick ons are inaccurate for temps... but what about the humidity gauge? In CO the gauge read closer to 35% most of the time. I have a probe thermometer but the connected humidity gauge doesn't work––it always reads around 10% humidity which is just wrong.
So I'm wondering if I need to do more to keep him healthy. Are there any accurate humidity gauges anyone could recommend? Is this a serious health risk I should be concerned about? Or is it something I might want to just keep an eye on...?
He seems happy in his new environment BUT I don't want him getting a respiratory illness or a fungus or something like that.
Here are the two products I have:
https://www.eva-dry.com/product/e-500-renewable-high-capacity-dehumidifier/
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C7555BG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also took the water dish out of his tank the dehumidifiers are definitely working, but I am still concerned. His humidity level should be around 40%, outside right now is about 75%, and the gauge in his tank reads at about 50%. The gauge I have IS a ZooMed stick-on (on the hot side)... and I know that stick ons are inaccurate for temps... but what about the humidity gauge? In CO the gauge read closer to 35% most of the time. I have a probe thermometer but the connected humidity gauge doesn't work––it always reads around 10% humidity which is just wrong.
So I'm wondering if I need to do more to keep him healthy. Are there any accurate humidity gauges anyone could recommend? Is this a serious health risk I should be concerned about? Or is it something I might want to just keep an eye on...?
He seems happy in his new environment BUT I don't want him getting a respiratory illness or a fungus or something like that.