Set up redone with pics

I am still trying to work on upping my humidity. I closed the top in partially with aluminum foil, and added a black back ground on three sides. I dont have the hides I have going to use in there yet. I am still working on something I like the looks of. But I stuck a temporary hide over the UTH just to check temps. I made a rheostat out of a dimmer switch and extension cord, so far its working great. My ambient temp is running 81-83 and the warm hide is 90-92.
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I am going to get two identical hides in the morning when I can get a ride to the store. I think I will just go with cut out flower pots or something else I can invert.
Oh is a metal bowl ok? Should I get a ceramic?

Metal bowl would be fine but one thing I can offer up from experience is that water bowls with a wider base and narrow top seem to do better when it comes to tipping. I used to have a few bowls like that and they would get flipped over constantly.

Yeah. looks good. If you want you can cut some holes in the aluminum foil and cover with a wet towel or washcloth. I do that to keep my humidity up. Just remember to clean them at least once a week. It will work really good when your baby goes into shed. Not everyone changes the humidity, but i bump mine up to 70% (just put on a bigger wet towel). I had a perfect shed on the last one. :)

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Originally Posted by stratus_020202

Yeah. looks good. If you want you can cut some holes in the aluminum foil and cover with a wet towel or washcloth. I do that to keep my humidity up. Just remember to clean them at least once a week. It will work really good when your baby goes into shed. Not everyone changes the humidity, but i bump mine up to 70% (just put on a bigger wet towel). I had a perfect shed on the last one. :)

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THANKS!!I slipped some damp paper towels under the foil and now my humidity is up to 58%!!:gj:

That's great!! Once you get the humidity up, it should hold pretty good. I only wet the towel when i put a new one on, and it holds for a couple weeks without rewetting, until I change it out. Just be sure to watch out for mold. Its a bugar!!

Looks good, apart from the tape... There's an active thread (at least yesterday) about someone not being able to get the residue off the snake... velcro tape works like a charm ;)

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Originally Posted by puddintain

THANKS!!I slipped some damp paper towels under the foil and now my humidity is up to 58%!!:gj:

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Be sure to check these often. Mold ends up growing pretty quick (at least for me).