Gene finally has a thread!

[Stearns84]

Someone loved his rabbit today. Didnt leave a lump, but significantly larger than a jumbo rat and probably healthier too. Hope I can keep him on the two week schedule he has been on. That's a medium rat for tina in comparison.

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[Skyrivers]

Is good Gene loves his rabbits. Rainbow hates them. She prefers birds like duck and chicken. Keep up the good work.

[Stearns84]

Someone had an adventure around the house today.

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[wnateg]

Long boy

[jmcrook]

Gene is one helluva critter, dude! How’s he liking the new digs?


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[Stearns84]

Need everyone's opinion. New 7' enclosure with an RHP on the left side. My heat gradient is perfect, with zero problems (minus it running 24x7). I can't get the humidity under control on the cool side, yes its newer mulch (a month or two old) but I have to wipe it everyday. I dont really want to drill more holes as it will impact the ambient temps and chicago winters are a :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:. I have the water under the RHP, it evaporates quick but the first 4'is low humidity.

Thoughts?

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[Gio]

Need everyone's opinion. New 7' enclosure with an RHP on the left side. My heat gradient is perfect, with zero problems (minus it running 24x7). I can't get the humidity under control on the cool side, yes its newer mulch (a month or two old) but I have to wipe it everyday. I dont really want to drill more holes as it will impact the ambient temps and chicago winters are a :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:. I have the water under the RHP, it evaporates quick but the first 4'is low humidity.

Thoughts?

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It looks great.

I have a 6 footer with the panel on the left. I have the water on the right and still have good humidity.

If it gets low I mist.

[jmcrook]

Toss/turn the mulch every day until it desaturates a bit. While I'm sure your temps are dialed in perfectly, you probably actually need a bigger panel to keep it from running 24/7. If it's running that much right now, what will be the case in January when it's -500* windchill in Chicago?

[Gio]

Toss/turn the mulch every day until it desaturates a bit. While I'm sure your temps are dialed in perfectly, you probably actually need a bigger panel to keep it from running 24/7. If it's running that much right now, what will be the case in January when it's -500* windchill in Chicago?

I completely misread your question.

JM has good advice here. Whenever I use cypress, I always have overly humid conditions for a couple weeks. I churn it up often and sometimes leave the doors open for a while to air out the cage. Wiping the glass gets some of the moisture out as well.

I would recommend placing the water bowl on the cool side VS the warm side.

It looks like you are running Herpstat T's so if the panel is always running and the stat says 100% I'd suggest a larger panel or some type of room heater.

If you have a 7 foot cage, placing the panel a little further out to the right/middle may help too. Do you have it all the way to the left?

This is the size I have (ProProducts) for a 6 foot cage. The cage is 2 separate 3 for sections attached. I put the panel dead center on the left section.


You have another foot of caging to deal with, so I'd at least consider moving the panel out a bit. However you did say your gradient was good.

See how things go after the substrate dries a bit

[Stearns84]

Thanks guys, I moved it, no luck yet but I'll give it awhile. Yea the RHP is all the way to the far left. I'll move it to the right of the T10 to see if it makes a difference. I'll more than likely get a larger one before winter. They are in the lower level so front half of the house is about 4' under the ground where the back half is a walk out. So itll be hard to heat the entire are. But normally we are around 68* doen there in the winter.

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