Humidity Gauge?

[Basie]

Curious if there are any accurate humidity gauges online I can buy for Daisy? I never had one for my old girl, but sprayed her cage multiple times daily with water as we live inland with not much humidity. She never experienced symptoms of low humidity (she shed easy) and she never got any sickness from high humidity.

I just want to be more careful since she's oh so little! I know stick ons are typically an absolute nono, but what would work?

I accidentally ordered a zoomed thermostat because it came up when I searched for a humidity gauge and I panic bought it one thing I forgot to buy for her enclosure.

 

[Chris.]

Hey there.
Humidity can and should be as low as possible. They don't want or need misting of any kind. You can mist them in the morning if they then drink from it, otherwise I would not do that. They don't need humidity for shedding, they are no snakes.
Except you have something other than a central bearded dragon (pog. Viticeps) but they are the most common.

Stick ons are NOT inaccurate, it always depends on WHAT you want to meassure. Stick ons will get you an ambient temperature and humidity.
The ones with probes will give you a local temperature and humidity as you would want for your basking spot for example.
They both have their use cases.

For your case a stick on will work fine but as you discovered yourself, humidity is a secondary meassurement

 

[KarrieRee]

Curious if there are any accurate humidity gauges online I can buy for Daisy? I never had one for my old girl, but sprayed her cage multiple times daily with water as we live inland with not much humidity. She never experienced symptoms of low humidity (she shed easy) and she never got any sickness from high humidity.

I just want to be more careful since she's oh so little! I know stick ons are typically an absolute nono, but what would work?

I accidentally ordered a zoomed thermostat because it came up when I searched for a humidity gauge and I panic bought it one thing I forgot to buy for her enclosure.

They do need humidity for shedding --- here is a gauge I use in my two tanks
Exo Terra Digital Hygrometer | Dubia.com
place on the back center wall of the tank optimal humidity is 40-50% nothing under 20 or over 70%

 

[Chris.]

They do need humidity for shedding --- here is a gauge I use in my two tanks
Exo Terra Digital Hygrometer | Dubia.com
place on the back center wall of the tank optimal humidity is 40-50% nothing under 20 or over 70%

That is if you have a pogona barbata, wich are from coastal regions.

The pogona viticeps are from the central region of Australia where the humidity is below 40% most the time and drops to under 20% frequently.

 

[Claudiusx]

They do need humidity for shedding

They do not need humidity for shedding.

There are ZERO documented cases of health issues from low-to-no humidity. There are tons of documented cases from health issues from high humidity.

For the majority of hobbyist's with proper husbandry, humidity is a non-issue. A healthy dragon will be able to survive periods of high humidity (as it likely changes throughout your house through the year) and will have absolutely zero health consequences from living in 0% humidity if need be.

As far as getting a hygrometer for your enclosure, I never recommend them. I don't really recommend against them, but as stated above, they really aren't necessary. If you want, you can buy a calibration kit to at least check the accuracy of your hygrometer. Most hygrometers won't let you adjust them anyways, but you'll know if your gauge is off and by how much.

Amazon.com

^- calibration kit.

-Brandon

 

[Basie]

Hey there.
Humidity can and should be as low as possible. They don't want or need misting of any kind. You can mist them in the morning if they then drink from it, otherwise I would not do that. They don't need humidity for shedding, they are no snakes.
Except you have something other than a central bearded dragon (pog. Viticeps) but they are the most common.

Stick ons are NOT inaccurate, it always depends on WHAT you want to meassure. Stick ons will get you an ambient temperature and humidity.
The ones with probes will give you a local temperature and humidity as you would want for your basking spot for example.
They both have their use cases.

For your case a stick on will work fine but as you discovered yourself, humidity is a secondary meassurement

Thanks so much !!

 

[sushiftg475]

Humidity does usually matter. I had problems with Bandit when his humidity was too low and I misted once a day until I could get a new heat lamp. High humidity is also a major problem.

 

[Chris.]

Humidity does usually matter. I had problems with Bandit when his humidity was too low and I misted once a day until I could get a new heat lamp. High humidity is also a major problem.

Humidity is very unlikely to be the cause if Bandit has trouble shedding.
On your other thread I saw you are using a red light at night, please get rid of it as they are really bad for your dragon. Also make sure your basking spot is hot enough and you use a high quality UVB bulb in combination with a calcium supplement.
If the issue persists feel free to open another thread.

 

[sushiftg475]

Humidity is very unlikely to be the cause if Bandit has trouble shedding.
On your other thread I saw you are using a red light at night, please get rid of it as they are really bad for your dragon. Also make sure your basking spot is hot enough and you use a high quality UVB bulb in combination with a calcium supplement.
If the issue persists feel free to open another thread.

Yeah I got rid of that light and got a lightless heat lamp. Also Bandit didn't have trouble shedding. He was dehydrated because the humidity was low and he won't drink out of a water dish.

 

[Chris.]

Yeah I got rid of that light and got a lightless heat lamp. Also Bandit didn't have trouble shedding. He was dehydrated because the humidity was low and he won't drink out of a water dish.

As you discovered right bearded dragons will basically never drink from a water bowl, which is probably because of their inability to even see standing water. You can use an eye dropper to pour some water on their snout and they will usually lick it up. Make sure you are feeding fresh greens and you gut load your insects and they should usually not require much additional moisture.

Again regarding the humidity, it is probably not the reason for dehydration as they neither sweat through the skin nor do they absorb moisture from the air around them. As mentioned previously the only issues you might encounter in regards to humidity are respiratory infections and the growth of bacteria and fungus, all of which relate to high humidity rather than low humidity.

 

[sushiftg475]

Again regarding the humidity, it is probably not the reason for dehydration as they neither sweat through the skin nor do they absorb moisture from the air around them. As mentioned previously the only issues you might encounter in regards to humidity are respiratory infections and the growth of bacteria and fungus, all of which relate to high humidity rather than low humidity.

He doesn't have that problem anymore. Bandit won't take water off his snout so my vet said misting worked the same because some of the water will probably go in his mouth.