Scale Rot

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Originally Posted by atp151415

what part of it that reads the humidity, the probe or the thing itself
Because i dont want to stick the whole thing in there getting in the way of my bp

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Velcro it to the side.

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Originally Posted by pslsnakes

IMO, monthly is just too long. That substrate is going to soak up all the urine it can. Just spot cleaning, that isn't getting the soiled bedding out, unless you replace a handfull of mulch every time the snake passes urates, and urine, or poop. Which would be pointless, when you can just dump the whole tank/tub out and replace the bedding.

I replace my aspen every 7 days, and water gets changed every other day, along with the bowls getting cleaned in hot water.

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I thought the same thing but my bp doesnt seem to pass any urates or poop more often than once every 3 to 4 weeks. Is that abnormal? When I see it I usually just dump out all the bedding, give it a good wipe down and put some new stuff in and then at least once a month I clean the entire enclosure out, plants and all (and I do change my water almost everyday).

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Originally Posted by missi182

I thought the same thing but my bp doesnt seem to pass any urates or poop more often than once every 3 to 4 weeks. Is that abnormal? When I see it I usually just dump out all the bedding, give it a good wipe down and put some new stuff in and then at least once a month I clean the entire enclosure out, plants and all (and I do change my water almost everyday).

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It seems to be a bit unusual given the age your snake. Even my 9 month old snakes pee and urate every week; last night my son got showered!!! Anyway, I think it goes back to the discussion of prey size for your little guy. Were you able to get the gram scale yet?! :)

Nope not yet, Ill try and pick one up today. The last two times he has pooped,urinated,passed urates all at once and it was while I was giving him a bath for a bad shed. That was 2 weeks ago and since then I have only found one tiny urate. He has had three fuzzies sinnce then.

I like the VPI "sniff test". Clean the poo/urates and soiled bedding around it, then smell the enclosure. If it smells, change it, if not, don't. ;)

Nope, no stinky :) I also keep the substrate pretty dry so I dont have to worry about mold and I can see any wet spots/urates easily. The humidity stays up by spraying the towels on top once a day instead of the substrate all the time:) I use cypress mulch.

atp151415, I hope you got some good info on the scale rot. I hope my question about changing the substrate was some help to you as well, didn't mean to go off topic so much from your question.

thanks everyone
ill be getting one soon

then after i get some money from buying my spider
ill buy a helix
then after i get more money, a tempgun
lol

i just put some paper towl under my snakes hide so that shes not constantly laying on moist ground.