Humidity factor

Posted by Dean Alessandrini on January 21, 2001 at 21:33:04:

For the past few weeks I've been posting updates on the import yellowtail that I purchased at the Columbus, OH reptile expo.
I had been having trouble getting him feeding. The importer told me that he came out of Guyana, so I checked www.weather.com for Georgetown, Guyana. The temps were about accurate for the setup I had (lows in the low 70's, highs in the mid to upper 80's) but I noticed that the relative humidity was VERY high. (from about 70-90%) I decided to crank up the humidity. I placed a large pan of water directly under the heat lamp...and of course the humidity in the cage soured. The following day, a waved a f/t chick on tongs in front of him and he struck (more out of anger than feeding response). A few minutes later I checked the cage and it was gone. I did the same again and he ate a second. I left it at that.

It seemd the humidity was a key factor. I replacd the newspaper bedding with moist cypress mulch to keep the humidiy levels high.

...Just thought I'd share.

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• Good job Doug T 01/22/01 (1)
  • Congrats Dean, Glad it is working out.................. Aztec Fred 01/22/01 (0)

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: For the past few weeks I've been posting updates on the import yellowtail that I purchased at the Columbus, OH reptile expo. : I had been having trouble getting him feeding. The importer told me that he came out of Guyana, so I checked www.weather.com for Georgetown, Guyana. The temps were about accurate for the setup I had (lows in the low 70's, highs in the mid to upper 80's) but I noticed that the relative humidity was VERY high. (from about 70-90%) I decided to crank up the humidity. I placed a large pan of water directly under the heat lamp...and of course the humidity in the cage soured. The following day, a waved a f/t chick on tongs in front of him and he struck (more out of anger than feeding response). A few minutes later I checked the cage and it was gone. I did the same again and he ate a second. I left it at that. : It seemd the humidity was a key factor. I replacd the newspaper bedding with moist cypress mulch to keep the humidiy levels high. : ...Just thought I'd share.

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