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Re: Kova Progression Thread
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Originally Posted by GpBp
I've reread this a couple times, thank you *both so so much.
I'll go ahead and put her in a 5gal (she's in a 10). I thought she was going to be so much bigger when she got her, I would've started her in 5 if I knew she was this tiny lol.
I haven't been handling at all since she stopped eating, exept for the weighings of course, but those were short sessions.
I've been offering every 5 :)
I'll stop waking her up/disturbing before she eats. Last time I didn't have too because she was always out, but I won't even if she's hidden away.
Thanks guys so much again
All sounds good. You might want to go even smaller than a 5 gallon though. Cosmo came to me in a 2.5 gallon and wasn't eating. I put him in a small Tupperware container inside the 2.5 and blocked out the sides so he felt super secure at that point and started eating.
Cosmo is 86 grams as of last week, and in a 10 gallon. He stayed in the 2.5 gallon after he outgrew the Tupperware until he was about 40 grams if I recall.
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Re: Kova Progression Thread
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Originally Posted by craigafrechette
All sounds good. You might want to go even smaller than a 5 gallon though. Cosmo came to me in a 2.5 gallon and wasn't eating. I put him in a small Tupperware container inside the 2.5 and blocked out the sides so he felt super secure at that point and started eating.
Cosmo is 86 grams as of last week, and in a 10 gallon. He stayed in the 2.5 gallon after he outgrew the Tupperware until he was about 40 grams if I recall.
Oh wow ok Ill try a 2.5g then, is it hard to get a gradient with that small a tank though? Was cosmo in the tuperware 24/7 or just for feeding?
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Re: Kova Progression Thread
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Originally Posted by GpBp
Oh wow ok Ill try a 2.5g then, is it hard to get a gradient with that small a tank though? Was cosmo in the tuperware 24/7 or just for feeding?
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It is a little tougher to get a gradient, but still doable.
Cosmo was in the Tupperware full time til he outgrew it.
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Re: Kova Progression Thread
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Originally Posted by craigafrechette
It is a little tougher to get a gradient, but still doable.
Cosmo was in the Tupperware full time til he outgrew it.
Im sorry, I'm looking around for small 2.5-3g tanks and I can't find any that'd work for her (all for fish with holes for filters). Do you know one I could use? Or will I have to use the 5?
*I just remembered I have a 2.5g critter keeper. I just don't know how I'd heat that and what about uth?
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Re: Kova Progression Thread
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Originally Posted by GpBp
Im sorry, I'm looking around for small 2.5-3g tanks and I can't find any that'd work for her (all for fish with holes for filters). Do you know one I could use? Or will I have to use the 5?
*I just remembered I have a 2.5g critter keeper. I just don't know how I'd heat that and what about uth?
I think you could probably use the 5 if you put a small Tupperware inside it. All I put inside it was a tiny water dish, a tiny fake plant, a tiny piece of toilet paper cardboard tube, and aspen substrate.
I just dug out the tank he started in (he came to me in it, I didn't buy it) and looking at it it might even be a 1.5 gallon may be 2. I always thought it was 2.5, but I may be wrong. It's freaking tiny though.
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Re: Kova Progression Thread
I'm so stressed out. I have a 2.5 critter keeper, I couldn't use a heat light because it's too hot and the smallest uth is too big. I don't have any reptile heat tape so I'd have to order it which would take a while. I just really don't know what to do.
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Re: Kova Progression Thread
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Originally Posted by GpBp
I'm so stressed out. I have a 2.5 critter keeper, I couldn't use a heat light because it's too hot and the smallest uth is too big. I don't have any reptile heat tape so I'd have to order it which would take a while. I just really don't know what to do.
I tried to reply to your PM earlier, but your inbox was apparently full. Let me know when you clear some space and I'll reply again...
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Re: Kova Progression Thread
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Originally Posted by craigafrechette
I tried to reply to your PM earlier, but your inbox was apparently full. Let me know when you clear some space and I'll reply again...
Sorry, its clear now
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Re: Kova Progression Thread
Okay so I changed Kova over to the tub last night and what I ended up using was this four-gallon tub I found with a 1-5 gallon UTH and I think that works? The UTH is set at 90 and checking this morning right above the UTH is about 88 and the warm side is 74 and the cool side is 72 so I don't know how to make that any warmer without making the UTH warmer, does that make sense? Anyway, I saw her out this morning and she just explored for a little bit and then went back under the Aspen so I think that's good. Also, she eats tonight, it's been 5 days since she's last eaten, so do you think it's okay to offer tonight? Thanks.
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Re: Kova Progression Thread
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Originally Posted by GpBp
Okay so I changed Kova over to the tub last night and what I ended up using was this four-gallon tub I found with a 1-5 gallon UTH and I think that works? The UTH is set at 90 and checking this morning right above the UTH is about 88 and the warm side is 74 and the cool side is 72 so I don't know how to make that any warmer without making the UTH warmer, does that make sense? Anyway, I saw her out this morning and she just explored for a little bit and then went back under the Aspen so I think that's good. Also, she eats tonight, it's been 5 days since she's last eaten, so do you think it's okay to offer tonight? Thanks.
How'd you get her to eat?
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