Yay!!!

Monty finally ate!! Had him for 9 days now. Tried to feed him F/T mouse on the 6th day & he wanted nothing to do with it. Today I went & bout 2 live mice. He took the 1st one very quick. We offered the second one as soon as the first was down, it took him a few minutes, but he took that one too! The whole process took about 25 minutes. Ohhh, I'm SO relieved now! :) Now if I could just get a handle on his humidity.....http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/25/zyjumase.jpg

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And now he's chillin in the tree tops. Lol!

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how are you controlling humidity now?

Misting once a day. Have a towel covering 90% of the screen. Obviously I need to mist a lot more. When I mist, how wet should I be getting the substrate? And should I be mixing it up to get the bottom stuff too? Or just the top?

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Not saying you should or can do the same but I have my snakes in tubs on paper towels. I do a stream of water along the out side of each hide, the paper towel soaks the water up and keeps great humidity inside the hide, even a day later after doing so I can lift the hide and see condensation on the under side of the hide. this leaves me doing a stream of water about once every 3 days around each hide. I don't have any humidity issues what so ever. in my opinion the best climate control for bp's is in plastic totes as you would find in a rack system. even if I did not have a rack I would probably house my bp's in the same bins.

Always nice to see them eat.

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Not saying you should or can do the same but I have my snakes in tubs on paper towels. I do a stream of water along the out side of each hide, the paper towel soaks the water up and keeps great humidity inside the hide, even a day later after doing so I can lift the hide and see condensation on the under side of the hide. this leaves me doing a stream of water about once every 3 days around each hide. I don't have any humidity issues what so ever. in my opinion the best climate control for bp's is in plastic totes as you would find in a rack system. even if I did not have a rack I would probably house my bp's in the same bins.

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I'm not a fan of bins. No judgment for those who use them, I just don't like them. I'd rather find ways to improve my current setup. After Christmas I'm switching to a PVC enclosure, so that should help. :) I just need to figure out how to keep him happy until then.

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Just continue misting and and using the towel till you get your PVC cage. Do you have a good thermometer in the cage? You can spray the substrate well just let it sorta dry out before you re-soak it again.

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Just continue misting and and using the towel till you get your PVC cage. Do you have a good thermometer in the cage? You can spray the substrate well just let it sorta dry out before you re-soak it again.

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I have the Acu-Rite thermometer. I'm also getting an ir gun to be extra sure the temps are all good.

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Where are his hides/hide

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I have the Acu-Rite thermometer. I'm also getting an ir gun to be extra sure the temps are all good.

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good choice of thermometer.. shouldn't need an IR gun if the acu-rite is placed right in the cage.

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Where are his hides/hide

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There's a hide on each side. I took out the hot side one while he was eating. Thats why you can't see it in the picture.

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good choice of thermometer.. shouldn't need an IR gun if the acu-rite is placed right in the cage.

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I just get paranoid. I like to double check things. :)

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I just get paranoid. I like to double check things. :)

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Admit it, you like to test the temperature of your foot, radiator, wall...too ;) we all do it :D

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Admit it, you like to test the temperature of your foot, radiator, wall...too ;) we all do it :D

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Lol! Well I don't have the ir gun yet, so I can't say that. But that will probably be true. :P

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Lol! Well I don't have the ir gun yet, so I can't say that. But that will probably be true. :P

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Oh no! You need one! Hours of fun!

Erm, I mean, great for checking temps and what not!

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I just get paranoid. I like to double check things. :)

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I hear yeah, just have to let something's be and hope it's all right

My question is.....do I mix up the substrate when I mist? To get the stuff underneath too? Or just the top layer? I don't want it to get too wet.

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My question is.....do I mix up the substrate when I mist? To get the stuff underneath too? Or just the top layer? I don't want it to get too wet.

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No you don't have to mix it. Just spray the top of the substrate lightly.

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Oh no! You need one! Hours of fun!

Erm, I mean, great for checking temps and what not!

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Hahaha, my friend bought one for his bearded. Anytime he has a get together he's always tryna find out who's hot or not... And yea, alcohol is typically involved. :p

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My question is.....do I mix up the substrate when I mist? To get the stuff underneath too? Or just the top layer? I don't want it to get too wet.

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What Spencer said.

What kind of substrate are you using? I get my eco earth pretty wet when I mist because it soaks it up real well. I dont drench it, but its definitely a bit more than a light mist. Also around the sides of the tank, on top of the hides, on decor, etc. After a mist it goes up to about 85% (sometimes higher) but it will level out around 65% and doesn't drop below 50 for several hours. Also a 10G tank though...

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Hahaha, my friend bought one for his bearded. Anytime he has a get together he's always tryna find out who's hot or not... And yea, alcohol is typically involved. :p



What Spencer said.

What kind of substrate are you using? I get my eco earth pretty wet when I mist because it soaks it up real well. I dont drench it, but its definitely a bit more than a light mist. Also around the sides of the tank, on top of the hides, on decor, etc. After a mist it goes up to about 85% (sometimes higher) but it will level out around 65% and doesn't drop below 50 for several hours. Also a 10G tank though...

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I'm using EcoEarth. Its very finely shredded stuff. I don't think I've been getting it wet enough. I just misted so that it LOOKS wet/darker & I'm at 60%. My house is pretty dry & drafty, so I also have to use a red light on the cool side to keep that up over 75, so that's drying things up quite a bit.

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Admit it, you like to test the temperature of your foot, radiator, wall...too ;) we all do it :D

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GUILTY! I just got mine the other day and I was checking the temperature of everything lol.