just a question

[matt_winter]

Hey

I was wondering, i have read in other posts were poeple were talking about humid hides for there leos. I thought that the leos were suppoost to have low humidity. Or is the humidity hide for pregnant leos?????????

Any answers would be greatly appreciated

[Alicewave]

Leos need a humid hide to lay eggs and to shed properly. The rest of the enclosure should be dry (except for a water bowl).

[matt_winter]

ok, becasue every time i see there skin get light i keep spraying under there hide, so i think that should be good enough

[Clownfishie]

Yup, that's probably good enough :)

A humid hide is a fairly simple thing though -- just take an empty margarine-type container (or a gladware container, or something similar) and cut a hole in either the side or the lid. Then you put one of several things inside there to help maintain the humidity -- peat moss, paper towel, vermiculite etc... and you're set :)

What you're doing now works too though... you're pretty much making a humid hide when you spray under their hide box :)

[matt_winter]

alright thank - you

[Bencb3]

now if u ask poisonous, she says( i believe she told me this) that they dont need moisture and each one of her gex shed perfectly fine without humidity, and i saw on a site, that the geckos sit in their water bowl for the moisture, so it is a wide spread conflict

[Linds]

Bencb3,
If that was the case then you wouldn't have all those leos with missing toes. I've unfortunately seen leos housed without humid hides, and though some lasted more than a year without problems, eventually it will catch up. I always thought that desert critters didn't need access to humid areas, but I wasn't thinking and it was brough to my attention, that during the temeprature changes in the evening and morning (arid regions are very hot during the day, and very cold at night) causes a lot of dew to form, so they are coated with moisture in both the mornings and evenings to maintain their hydration... so it wouldn't really even hurt to give your liz a quick mist, however this stresses them out, its just better to let them choose their levels by providing them with a humid spot :)