Re: New owner and site member, BP Dehydrated from store.
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Originally Posted by
Reed12321
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.
i'll try that but as it is, the only place there isn't foil is pretty much directly around the lamp, i don't want the foil touching the lamp, If I weren't planning on getting a better enclosure soon i'd just try doing some wood or plastic cutting. Just odd how I'm seeing the same setups getting >60% but i'm not even tapping 40%.
Re: New owner and site member, BP Dehydrated from store.
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Originally Posted by
Karokash
i'll try that but as it is, the only place there isn't foil is pretty much directly around the lamp, i don't want the foil touching the lamp, If I weren't planning on getting a better enclosure soon i'd just try doing some wood or plastic cutting. Just odd how I'm seeing the same setups getting >60% but i'm not even tapping 40%.
It's okay if the lamp touches it. Aluminum is an insulator so if you heat up, it won't get super hot anywhere other than where the lamp is
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Re: New owner and site member, BP Dehydrated from store.
You can also put a wet washcloth or towel under the foil - that helps a lot. I also have a few Dixie cups with sphagnum moss lying around her enclosure.
Re: New owner and site member, BP Dehydrated from store.
Thanks, fixing that now
i'm new to the whole posting videos thing, so it may take me a few tries. Apologies in advance, but it should be good to go.
I tried two times to trim some of the downtime out of the video...but I can't figure out youtube's editing interface.
Re: New owner and site member, BP Dehydrated from store.
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Originally Posted by
Karokash
Thanks, fixing that now
i'm new to the whole posting videos thing, so it may take me a few tries. Apologies in advance, but it should be good to go.
I tried two times to trim some of the downtime out of the video...but I can't figure out youtube's editing interface.
The video works. You may want to upgrade to feeding him something a bit bigger. If that is an adult mouse, he may do better with weanling rats (Unless you're feeding multiple mice at a time)