Gene finally has a thread!

I like it. Hey i see you are using cypress mulch. How do you like that stuff? Do you find it 'stabby'? And how is it for spotting pisses and poops? That was my biggest problem with the ReptiChips, spotting pees from Caesar.

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I like it. Hey i see you are using cypress mulch. How do you like that stuff? Do you find it 'stabby'? And how is it for spotting pisses and poops? That was my biggest problem with the ReptiChips, spotting pees from Caesar.

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Honestly I'm a little up unsure with it. The top photo is the Cypress I got at the Petsmart one day, it was $25 a for what seemed like a half bag, and yes I bought two. The pieces are all average size, a little on the smaller side. Humidity is great, but I've only had it in Tina's old tub set up and now in the T8 and she will pee maybe every two weeks. I would just look for urates and then just grab around it. About a week or two ago I bought a giant bag of "No Float Cypress from Lowes. I forgot which member said they have been using it for years with no problems. This is the picture on the bottom with Gene. It is a little more ruff, there were a few large chunky stick like ones, but I just pulled it out when I was putting it in. Gene is just starting his shed cycle so it will be awhile before I see any pee or poop. Nice part is the giant bag was only like $3.93, so I can grab a ton around their pee or poop and not have to worry about breaking the bank. I will stick with the Cypress for awhile and see how it goes.

General AP enclosure overview --> I love the enclosures, Ali was amazing to work with, there ship out times were long, but if it is more of a family / small based company I get it. Building was a breeze, It was beyond simple. The locks are a little cheap, wish the barrel didn't pull out, I'm sure i'll drop it one day and wont find it for a few hours. They hold humidity amazing, honestly almost too much, I haven't been able to bring it below 80% since I set it up (any concerns for that high of humidity?). I went with Pro Heat RHP, I set the Stats at 79* and I get a basking hot spot on the hot side at 84* (with temp gun), digital thermometer shows 81*. I don't have much of a gradient with this :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: summer heat, my cool side is around 79*. It fluctuates because this apartment is miserable. But I needed the RHP because in the winter it gets really cold, even on the 3rd floor. I may have went a little over board with the clutter but they seem to like it, but spot cleaning will be a pain, but I guess i'll try it for awhile.

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They dont have that no float stuff up here.

And yeah, when you use any of the humidity substrates with the AP cages, the humidity goes nuts. After switching Gina, Rango and Dottie back to the ReptiChip stuff, my humidity gauges are pegged at 99% and i have condensation on the sides.

Think Gina is still a little bit unsure of the stuff as she has never been on it.

Gene is the biggest baby when it comes to his shed cycle. He acts like he is dead, doesn't move just lays there. I can pick his head up and it's limp. Then hell readjust himself and lay back down. Been that way for 2 years now.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0c7d4e2758.jpg

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lol Phyllis is in shed now and acts the same way. Plays dead, looks miserable... if you touch her though she'll whip around like a live wire and be super spooked!


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Guess Opie is having a great time watching Gene shed.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...36d52c5cfd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...bde24557dd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...46a55ba236.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...23cba235f2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...9d0623b864.jpg

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Need advice with substrate feedings. Tina will only eat if her rat is hot and wet. I've always had her on paper towels so it wasn't a big deal. But tonight she struggled with substrate after she ate hanging out if her mouth. I tried to get off but she wasn't having it. She just eventually went into her hide.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...eae0348afd.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a429d79604.jpg

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I feed all my snakes on sheets of printer paper but newspaper or cardboard will work too. I just hold the rats by the tail and when the snakes grab them and coil them, i just lift the whole mass up and slide a sheet of printer paper under them and put the mass down on it. The little snakes, i just hold the mouse tail and they will coil while the mouse is in the air lol. Then i just put down the sheet with my other hand and set them down on it. I also will sometimes ninja pick pieces of aspen off the rats as they are swallowing it with my forceps. They dont seem to care as long as i dont tug on the rat itself.

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I feed all my snakes on sheets of printer paper but newspaper or cardboard will work too. I just hold the rats by the tail and when the snakes grab them and coil them, i just lift the whole mass up and slide a sheet of printer paper under them and put the mass down on it. The little snakes, i just hold the mouse tail and they will coil while the mouse is in the air lol. Then i just put down the sheet with my other hand and set them down on it. I also will sometimes ninja pick pieces of aspen off the rats as they are swallowing it with my forceps. They dont seem to care as long as i dont tug on the rat itself.

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Yeah I do a similar thing but I put the card down BEFORE offering the food and then I dangle it over the card .


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