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humitidy

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Question
I have a water dragon..I have 3 termominters ...2 for temp..1 for humidity..I no it had to be 85-90 during the day...but what about @ night....

Answer
Hi Liz,
A word on the thermometers...many of those dial type or the strip type are not accurate at all.  Same with the dial type for measuring humidity, but they do better than the temperature ones.  The best ones I have found are the digital ones that cost about 15-20$ and measure two temperatures and the humidity.
You actually don't have to have your daytime humidity up to 90%...aim for the 80-85% is fine...if you can keep it that high during the day, you are doing great!!  At night, it can drop down and be fine.  During the night,  you don't have all the lights that are heating and drying the cage out so you will have a naturally fair amount of humidity through the night. There is no need to add additional humidity for the night.