New owner and site member, BP Dehydrated from store.

Meanwhile my beardie just laughs at the humidity problems and keeps that condescending look on his face. He's all peachy keen in his desert enclosure.

Well he weighed in today at 82 grams. I'm thinking he's going to get two fuzzies tomorrow instead of one, and i'm going to weigh them to make sure he's getting at least 15-20% of his weight. I haven't seen any defecation so i know the weight could just drop right back off once he does. Just throwing out an update. I'll post the results of the feed attempt tomorrow.

And the mister is now my entire Christmas list so here's to hoping.

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Well he weighed in today at 82 grams. I'm thinking he's going to get two fuzzies tomorrow instead of one, and i'm going to weigh them to make sure he's getting at least 15-20% of his weight. I haven't seen any defecation so i know the weight could just drop right back off once he does. Just throwing out an update. I'll post the results of the feed attempt tomorrow.

And the mister is now my entire Christmas list so here's to hoping.

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Just looking for an update. Did he take the 2 fuzzies, or just one? Is he starting to look better? Really hoping to hear that you and your BP are doing well.

Aaron

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And the mister is now my entire Christmas list so here's to hoping.

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Regarding the mister, you could go my route and just get an ultrasonic humidifier, and run some tubing to the top of the enclosure, which will pump the "fog" into it. Put it on a timer, and let it run.

Aaron

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Your snake is very lucky he ended up with you as an owner :)

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That's exactly what I was thinking!;)

Lost internet at the house, sorry guys.
Update: He is feeding more regularly, took 2 f/t fuzzies last night. I'll weigh him tomorrow. his humidity is still a problem but I am saving for a fogger. i've heard it will work better than a mister so I don't soak his enclosure down. Also really hoping for an Animal Plastics enclosure for christmas....

Oh and I found a camera so I'm going to try to post real pictures soon

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That's exactly what I was thinking!;)

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Thank you for that, I worry i'm not doing a very good job. I just really care about my animals alot and want to give him a good life

Oh and just throwing this out there because I still have no idea why humidity is such a problem for me. But would the fact that i am keeping Kaa in basically a library make any difference? There are 5 large bookshelves filled floor to ceiling, basically half of the walls in the room, plus the short bookshelf that his enclosure is on. Could the books be sucking the humidity out of the room?

It's a weird suggestion I know but I have no idea anymore. My setup is basically exactly like the suggested builds, sans thermostat at the moment, and i'm still struggling to stay in the 40's.

I won't restart the whole humidity conversation again but does anyone think that the large amount of books could be a contributing factor?

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Oh and just throwing this out there because I still have no idea why humidity is such a problem for me. But would the fact that i am keeping Kaa in basically a library make any difference? There are 5 large bookshelves filled floor to ceiling, basically half of the walls in the room, plus the short bookshelf that his enclosure is on. Could the books be sucking the humidity out of the room?

It's a weird suggestion I know but I have no idea anymore. My setup is basically exactly like the suggested builds, sans thermostat at the moment, and i'm still struggling to stay in the 40's.

I won't restart the whole humidity conversation again but does anyone think that the large amount of books could be a contributing factor?

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Did you cover the screen with aluminum foil? I have a huge percentage of my screen covered with aluminum foil and my humidity stays in the 60's no problem. Here's a pic of my setup:
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e3...x.jpg~original[/IMG]

I have my water bowl under the lamp, and I have a cup with moist paper towels in it. Both of those provide moisture. I got the cup idea from not being able to use moss in my tanks due to mites. So I improvised and it has worked wonders for me. I struggled with having to mist my tanks multiple times per day, now I rarely have to adjust my himidity levels. This type of setup allows the humidity to come from within the tank rather than the outside, so your library situation may not affect this at all.

I have both a large water bowl under the lamp and a wet moss log hide. Haven't had a mite problem. And 2/3 of the lid is covered in foil. i'll try to get a pic tonight.

On the up side; he did weigh in at 99g last night, up from 82g a couple of weeks ago. so he is putting on a little bit of weight, which is good

I'll try the cup thing in addition, but he is pretty curious so he will probably knock it over. He won't allow the thermometer to stand up for more than a couple of hours without toppling it, then staring at me and daring me to stand it up again.

you may want to try covering even more of the top with aluminum foil. It may not seem like it'll make a huge difference, but the heat from the lamp is going straight down to the water and moist hide. This means that the water is evaporating straight back up, so it'll tough to retain those water molecules. try leaving only a few small holes of uncovered aluminum around the lamp and check your humidity after that sits for a while.