Re: New 20 gallon tank setup for my growing ball
I've been feeding her in a large rubbermaid tub on FT with tongs. She had no issues eating before about a month ago. There are no mites that I can see on her anywhere, she is nice and clean. I'm thinking of getting the reptile-basics hides. I think I need the medium size ones since the smalls say they were made for hatchlings and the meds say up to 1200 grams.
How should I get the temps up higher on the other side? Heating lamp with a ceramic element or something else? Last time I used a heating lamp it got way too hot for her.
Re: New 20 gallon tank setup for my growing ball
Carefull for the CHE, it WILL take away from the Hum. Does mine.
Re: New 20 gallon tank setup for my growing ball
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ScottyDsntKnow
I've been feeding her in a large rubbermaid tub on FT with tongs. She had no issues eating before about a month ago. There are no mites that I can see on her anywhere, she is nice and clean. I'm thinking of getting the reptile-basics hides. I think I need the medium size ones since the smalls say they were made for hatchlings and the meds say up to 1200 grams.
How should I get the temps up higher on the other side? Heating lamp with a ceramic element or something else? Last time I used a heating lamp it got way too hot for her.
Now we are talking.
Feed her in her enclosure. Zombie mouse dance it in front of her hide, if she doesn't take it in a few minutes, heat up the head in hot water and leave it just outside her door. Some people would leave a F/T there overnight to get a problem feeder to eat, you could try that.
As for raising the temps, you could get another UTH and put it on the other side of the tank. Then get a dimmer for this and dim it down to 80-85 degrees. Still plug it into the thermostat, just plug the dimmer into the thermo and then the UTH into that.
You could also try a CHE and do a similar thing. Stick it on a dimmer do it doesn't get too hot.
Re: New 20 gallon tank setup for my growing ball
Wait, everything I've read says to feed them in a separate tank so you can still handle them safely. I'm so confused now lol.
Re: New 20 gallon tank setup for my growing ball
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ScottyDsntKnow
Wait, everything I've read says to feed them in a separate tank so you can still handle them safely. I'm so confused now lol.
Disregard it, it won't make a difference. I have done both and either way I can handle them with no risk of being bit (Unless I rub my hand in mouse before hand and its feeding day). Most likely, moving to the seperate container will just stress her out more. It might not have before, but maybe she changed her mind!
Re: New 20 gallon tank setup for my growing ball
some times i feed in a seperate tank 20G thats unused right now, i put in a hide and let him sit in it. then i introduce the fuzzie or hoppers and wait within 10 min he is out and strikes. i clean his tank while he heats. never had him strike at me once. ive even had him take it from my hand hold it by the tail and ive also had him strike while hanging off my hand nail the hopper and ball up like a knot on it.
Re: New 20 gallon tank setup for my growing ball
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JeffJ
some times i feed in a seperate tank 20G thats unused right now, i put in a hide and let him sit in it. then i introduce the fuzzie or hoppers and wait within 10 min he is out and strikes. i clean his tank while he heats. never had him strike at me once. ive even had him take it from my hand hold it by the tail and ive also had him strike while hanging off my hand nail the hopper and ball up like a knot on it.
This method is fine, but if you have a problem feeder, chances are if everything else is spot on, that its because of the moving back and forth. I don't move my BP's whatsoever 36 hours after feeding. I don't want to risk a regurge. I found that feeding in a separate container was just more time consuming.
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Kaorte
This method is fine, but if you have a problem feeder, chances are if everything else is spot on, that its because of the moving back and forth. I don't move my BP's whatsoever 36 hours after feeding. I don't want to risk a regurge. I found that feeding in a separate container was just more time consuming.
well what i do is after he is done eating and still in his feeding mode and sniffing around thats when i xfer him back to his enclosure. but usually what happens is he retreats back to his hide and then i just pick it up and place it back in his viv and let him leave and move on to his other hide or something els on his own.
Re: New 20 gallon tank setup for my growing ball
I do want to bump the ambient temps up in the whole tank so I guess CHE it is? I'll go get a rheostat for it to keep the temps steady and sit it on top of the screen. I'm just worried about the humidity. Can I use moss in this tank without it messing anything up in any way? I really do need to enclose the top screen with plastic wrap to keep the humidity in.
Re: New 20 gallon tank setup for my growing ball
The CHE will eat the humidity. When I put moss in an enclosure, I usually put it in some kind of dish so it doesn't make a huge mess. I just make sure that it is moist every day. Putting this by her warm side hide box should help.
For the screen treatment, I would use a layer of tin foil and then duct tape over that. I did this on my glass tank and it works well.
