humidifier in the room

[<3chinbaby]

Hi, is it safe to have a humidifier running in our room where the chins are too? At what level of humidity is it not safe? Thank you!

 

[tunes]

I personally would not. Too much humidity and you could start dealing with fungus, which is a total pain in the butt. I keep my chin room humidity very low, 35-40% tops.

 

[Dusty&Zia]

I agree. Using a humidifier would not be the greatest idea.

 

[CerLynn]

Our apartment is incredibly dry (like around 10% humidity) and has actually been causing minor health issues for Scott and myself... would you still not recommend a humidifier? We recently bought a small one in an effort to make the apt a little more comfortable for everyone... we have it set to 40% max, and it still hasn't made it that high. Is this ok?

 

[tunes]

Ah, yuck, that's exceptionally low humidity. You must be a walking nosebleed!

My house is at 20% and it's miserable. I actually saw my dog shoot sparks the other day when I woke him up to go to the bathroom at 5:30 a.m. It was like a fireworks display. So I've put pans of water on the radiators around the house to see if that helps a bit.

I like to keep the humidity in the barn at 35-40, but that's also a barn full of animals who are also creating heat and humidity on their own so it's a bit of a battle. Basically you are trying to make your apartment the same humidity as my barn, and I don't see why that wouldn't work.

 

[Rickman]

I, also with radiators, [never again!] suffered with low humidity - 12% before I hooked up the humidifier, and could only get it to 22%. Now, with this warm day, it's crept up to 36%! With the hard water up here, I almost have to bathe in Curel Ultra Healing to stay even!

 

[StarGaz'N]

I agree with tunes too. I keep the humidity between 35-40%. Our house is really dry to right now. We burn wood in the winter so that doesn't help matters. Anyways, I think you should be ok as long as you don't get it over 40%.

 

[oxchincerelyxo]

agreed with the 35-40ish%. Though too much humidity is bad, too little is as well. And not to be selfish-and I love my pets, but if you become in bad health you can't give them full care. I mean think about it-if you're miserable all the time they will feel it. Kind of like when you stress out, they stress out.

To take care of them, be wise and take care of yourself:thumbsup:

 

[Jenn]

I, unfortunately have just the opposite problem. My home is at 50% humidity and that's with a woodstove burning nights. We live in such a wet area that the humidity stays about the same throughout the year. And I guess we're used to it because if it starts to drop during the winter months because of using the woodstove, my son develops a bad cough that lasts for weeks. Tinkerbell looks great so the humidity hasn't been a problem as yet. I do offer her dustings frequently.

If your humidifier isn't set too high, with your humidity being so low, I don't see a problem with using it. Just keep an eye on the overall humidity level to make sure it doesn't get too high.

 

[Ash]

Sorry to drag up an old thread, but I figured I'd add to an old one with a similar question, rather than starting a whole new thread.

How do you measure humidity in your room? I'm definitely thinking of getting a humidifier for my room, it's so dry. Heck, one night in my room started drying the oil off of Keith's gun... The moisture in my room has definitely never been an issue before, it's always been a comfortable feeling, but this winter is just SOOOO dry.

 

[Stackie]

I have a thermometer that I bought at Wal-mart which measures temperature and humidity. It was only around $10 or so.

 

[tunes]

I have a temperature gauge that tells me the temp and the humidity. They are $10.00 at Wal-Mart or some of the hardware stores.

 

[Essentia]

I have a thermometer that I bought at Wal-mart which measures temperature and humidity. It was only around $10 or so.

Yup, I have the same one. I actually found mine on sale about a year ago for $4.00.

 

[Ash]

Thanks guys.