Just in!

Hello everyone, just reporting that I have received my 1.0 Normal BP today from Pro Exotics and dealing with them was/is a pleasure.

Now for some initial questions

1. He is not using any of his hiding area. I have 2 areas (one over a UTH and one not) He instead chooses to sit in the middle. Is this an issue?

2. Should I remove one of the hides so that he has more room?

3. The humidity is over 70% in his viv, should I leave him alone to adjust or go ahead and take him our to make the holes bigger?

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Congrats :gj:.Let him do what he wants ;)

Nope...he has to get use to his surroundings. The hardest part.....no touchy touchy for a week. Let him get settled in.

Watch your warm side keep it at 92-93.....your cool side should be around 82-83.
He's a looker...congrats

Yeah, he has a great pattern with great bright tans/browns.

I just turned down the rheostat to get the temps a bit lower. But I'm concerned about getting the ambient temps higher. How could I do that w/o making the UTH too hot?

Also- should I stress about the RH being 70+%?

When my corn was in there (in the past) the same holes provided about 50-60% RH, wonder what gives there?? Lol

aim for a 80-84 cool side and a 90-94 warm side.

78-80 cool side is still fine but with babies warmer is better which helps develop proper digestion and growth.

to drop the humidity just add a few holes at a time. put 2 more on each side and wait. if you need more do as you see fit. aim for a 50-60%

I realize that I need warmer ambient temps but, how do I achieve them using 1 UTH?

Should I leave the guy alone with the high RH until he "settles in" or do it now?

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Originally Posted by nickdolin

I realize that I need warmer ambient temps but, how do I achieve them using 1 UTH?

Should I leave the guy alone with the high RH until he "settles in" or do it now?

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you can use another heating pad on the cool side to help raise the temps. You can also use a space heater to keep room at 77-80 and you will be fine there too.

ditto to what flame stated!!

right now the ambient is 76.1F in there with the warm at 94.0F.

A space heater wouldn't be the worst idea.... I think I have one

Luckily, since I was wanting to do F/T anyway, Pro Exotics noted that he was started on F/T Rat pups, which from what I can tell is equal to a Large Adult Mouse, is this the case in your experiences?

what kind of humidity/thermometer are you using. it looks sweet

I dont do FT however I have heard that it is good to have them on rats because you feed less. Meaning instead of later on feeding 2 jumbo mice...you could do 1 rat. It might be better since he is on rats to keep him on rats.

Agreed, I'm just not sure that anyone around here sells F/T rat pups. I can check around but I do know there are large adult mice... I'll have to keep an eye out!

You can also order online and I believe it is cheaper

Thanks BP

Also as an update, I've covered 3 sides of the ViV with a dark colored (facing inwards) wrapping paper. It's ghetto but the same method I used on my Corn's Viv and from what I can tell, he seems pretty secure in there.

I can't tell from the pic, but is your thermometer probe reading the temp under the substrate or on top of it? It also looks like you have a pretty thick layer of substrate. You might try using only about 1/2- 3/4 inch of substrate. It may let more heat radiate into the tub and bring the ambient temp up a bit...

Hey,

The pic is deceiving. The probe is taped to the plastic above the UTH (which is on the outside). The out temp is the probe and the In is the ambient.

Also, it the substrate looks deeper than it is as the outside corners of the viv are deeper than the middle. THe middle has about 1/2-3/4 while the outside perimeter (where the plastic sinks about 1/2 of an inch) has about 1 inch of substrate.

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Originally Posted by nickdolin

right now the ambient is 76.1F in there with the warm at 94.0F.

A space heater wouldn't be the worst idea.... I think I have one

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Originally Posted by heh1987

what kind of humidity/thermometer are you using. it looks sweet

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Haha, nothing sweet really. Just your standard therm/hyrog but I got it from amazon for like $14.

http://www.amazon.com/Timex-TX5170-O...4194530&sr=8-1

You are doing just fine. as long as your ambient temp is about 75* its fine.

Sitting out in the open is pretty common for a new snake. It just takes some time for him to feel comfortable relaxing in the hides :)