Humidifiers in the winter

[aroxim]

So my room is insanely dry and my parents were gonna buy a humidifier for me to use during the winter. However my chinchillas are with me in my room and I was wondering if it's a bad idea to get a humidifier. Obviously if it is a bad idea I won't get one.

Just thought I'd give you a brief description of my room to fully explain the situation. I live in the basement of my house so its one large room. My bed and bedroom area are on one end of the room and the chinchillas are in the complete opposite where the living room area of the basement is.

If I get a humidifier and only use it on my end of the room is that ok?

 

[Amethyst]

It might be ok, if the humidity stays low on the other end of the room. You don't want the humidity by the chins to be more then 40-50% and that's assuming the temp is nice and low no more then about 15-20 C. So maybe if you just used it at night when you are sleeping?

 

[aroxim]

I don't need it during the day since I'm out and about, so using it only at night works. I guess the best thing I can do is maybe use it only at night and keep monitoring humidify levels when its on.

 

[becky12883]

I have a humidifier in the living room (same room as chins). It's too dry in that room with the heat and dust. I was also worried about it getting too humid for the chins, so I got a humidity meter for about $9 from Wal-mart. It's this one, it does humidity and temp, and will do both Fahrenheit and Celsius.