Re: Humidity during a shed
I have a blanket around 3 sides attached with duct tape and a towel with saran wrap and foil shiny down on the screen. The towel covers half the front. They don't like being insecure. The probe can be put on the back glass close to where the uth is. He is hiding all the time because he is cold and insecure. Those analog gauges are notorious for being inaccurate. You can get a good dome for cheap at a hardware store and the red light I use is a 60 watt heat night light from a pet store. I do have it slightly elevated. I also hve 2 temp humidity gauges that I have 1 probe by hot and body by cool, and other is raised a little and same thing. Probe on cool body on hot. I haven't had any major fluxuations in temp and humidity. You can spritz aspen as long as you do it ligghtly so its not saturated. I use coco husk. It helps a little with holding moisture and notggetting saturated if done right. No you don't have to put he water on hot side. Put it in the middle and it will help with humidity. Also then it doesn't get too hot for him to drink. If you decide to put some foil and saran wrap on top keep it clear of the light you use. Its a fire hazard. Also anything you use to cover the sides can become fire hazards if they come in contact with that light. My girl is so much happier now that I did that. She will lay full length and watch through the window a while then go back to hiding and sleeping. I hope this helps you.
Re: Humidity during a shed
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kmatias93
My aspen is approximately 2 inches thick. All I have right now is the uth which is on my hot side. But I'm definitely going to get a lamp tomorrow to ensure that the temperature is going to be high enough. What kind of bulb should I get for the lamp I get? Also, what exactly is a probe thermometer? Do you just lay it on the aspen where you want to know how hot it is? And our kitchen doesn't have too much activity really. The only time someone is in there is to either cook dinner or to grab a drink out of the fridge. So maybe 2 hours a day is there people in there. But then really no one forgets to take him out to interact with him.
Even in a dark room all by themselves they can still feel insecure so being in the kitchen is not really the best place for him. Especially if its young.
To answer the question on water yes a water bowl is needed, they do not soak often but do you use it to drink occasionally. In a 20 long you should have plenty of room for 2 hides and the water bowl. I fit them in a 10 gal easy. There is excellent thread stickied on here in the husbandry section on setting up a 20 gal long tank, please take a moment and read it over.
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Re: Humidity during a shed
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Crazymonkee
The acurite has a probe that you place on the glass where the uth is. You put the body on the cold side.
2 inches is too much, the heat from uth won't get through that thick of bedding.
For a heat lamp either infrared or ceramic heat emitter
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Oh okay. So how thick should I make my bedding? Sorry for late response. Was out of town for the weekend.
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kmatias93
Oh okay. So how thick should I make my bedding? Sorry for late response. Was out of town for the weekend.
About a half inch, anymore and the uth has to be up too high. :)
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Re: Humidity during a shed
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Phantomtip
I have a blanket around 3 sides attached with duct tape and a towel with saran wrap and foil shiny down on the screen. The towel covers half the front. They don't like being insecure. The probe can be put on the back glass close to where the uth is. He is hiding all the time because he is cold and insecure. Those analog gauges are notorious for being inaccurate. You can get a good dome for cheap at a hardware store and the red light I use is a 60 watt heat night light from a pet store. I do have it slightly elevated. I also hve 2 temp humidity gauges that I have 1 probe by hot and body by cool, and other is raised a little and same thing. Probe on cool body on hot. I haven't had any major fluxuations in temp and humidity. You can spritz aspen as long as you do it ligghtly so its not saturated. I use coco husk. It helps a little with holding moisture and notggetting saturated if done right. No you don't have to put he water on hot side. Put it in the middle and it will help with humidity. Also then it doesn't get too hot for him to drink. If you decide to put some foil and saran wrap on top keep it clear of the light you use. Its a fire hazard. Also anything you use to cover the sides can become fire hazards if they come in contact with that light. My girl is so much happier now that I did that. She will lay full length and watch through the window a while then go back to hiding and sleeping. I hope this helps you.
Oh okay thanks :) I'll have to go ahead and try covering those sides up. I'll probably go ahead and keep the top uncovered though. I don't want to risk burning the house down lol. I got my dome and light last night though so I'll be setting that up tonight when I get home. Hopefully I can get a substantial increase in temperature from it.
Re: Humidity during a shed
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Crazymonkee
About a half inch, anymore and the uth has to be up too high. :)
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Oh okay. I'll go ahead and pick up some more bedding today then. Thanks for the help :)
Re: Humidity during a shed
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kmatias93
Oh okay. I'll go ahead and pick up some more bedding today then. Thanks for the help :)
Since you're using aspen, humidity may become an issue with the use of a lamp. Did you pick up infrared or ceramic?
Since you're picking up bedding you might want to look into cypress mulch or coco husk/eco earth or combine the two. I used eco earth when I had used the tank and it was a sanity saver when it came to keeping proper humidity
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Re: Humidity during a shed
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Crazymonkee
Since you're using aspen, humidity may become an issue with the use of a lamp. Did you pick up infrared or ceramic?
Since you're picking up bedding you might want to look into cypress mulch or coco husk/eco earth or combine the two. I used eco earth when I had used the tank and it was a sanity saver when it came to keeping proper humidity
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I'm actually not sure what kind of lamp it is. One of my buds had one lying around so he gave it to me. How can you tell what it is? But yeah I was thinking about getting cypress mulch cause I heard a lot of people saying that humidity does drop with a lamp. If anything, I'll put my lamp on one side of the tank and then put a damp towel on the other side of the cage to keep the humidity up. I have another question though. Is it bad to have the humidity jumping around too much? Because usually my humidity is at about 70 ish %. When my BP is shedding I put a damp towel over the tank to increase it to about 85-90%. But I do it 3 times a day when he is shedding and when I come back to the tank it's at about 70 again. So it's constantly jumping around while he is shedding. Can that cause a RI or something?
