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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Poec54" data-source="post: 40006" data-attributes="member: 3524">How big is your Avic?  I only mist my slings once a week, and then very lightly, and only on their silk, for drinking, not humidity.  The water bowl provides humidity.  I give my smallest 2nd instar Avic slings a small water bowl, the lid form a 16 once water bottle.  None have drown. People get carried with misting Avics and end up with a wet cage, and that's usually lethal to them.  They don't need it that moist.  In the wild they're up in trees where it dries out quickly after rains.  We have tropical rains here in Florida in the summer. It's hot and sunny all day until the mid afternoon, then it gets dark, pours, and by late afternoon/early evening, it's bright and sunny again.  The branches and leaves in the trees have dried out before dark, and we usually get 1 to 3" of rain at a time.  Yes, the ground may be soggy and have puddles, but that's not where Avics are.  They're up where there's breezes. I have 90 Avics (all sizes) , 10 species.  I used to have a problem with losses until I kept them on dry substrate.</blockquote>