I need an advice

[NickP]

Great news! Hopefully he eats soon. Mine went through a weird super-active phase recently. Maybe its the onset of winter.

The fire risk comes in if the UTH happens to fail by shorting out. A properly operating UTH will not start a fire.

To be fully safe, you might consider using a thin fire-retardant blanket instead.

His head is slightly poking out of the hide. Do you suppose I should try feeding him? It's been almost 3 weeks. If he refuses, I'll go get live food in 3-4 days.

[NickP]

Wohoooo! SUCCESS. Buddy just ate his first F/T. It was awesome. after thawing I put his "food" (lol) on top of the tanks screen and left it there for 10 mins and then using pliers (don't have tongues yet lol) dangled it infront of him. He kinda started smelling it (tongue coming out) and then struck at it 2-3 times before finally grabbing on and coiling around it. Finally he swallowed it within like 30 seconds. WOOHOO I'm so happy but at the same time kinda disappointed. I really wanted to feed him live haha.

P.S. First time he struck at it I kinda twitched haha and dropped the F/T infront of him, and then when I tried picking up he tried grabbing on again but missed.






Sorry for the crappy quality. BLACKBERRY PEARL SUCKS! lol

Btw I covered the other end of the half log to give him more privacy:

[juddb]

juddb: Yes I have 2 thermostats, one for each side. The problem isn't as much with the cool side (UTH side) than the warmer side. UTHs seem to be doing a great job with the heat. However the Lamp is the one that can't heat it up enough.

I'll try placing the towel under it, but won't that be a fire hazard since cloth will be in direct contact with the UTHs?

When i used a tank for my first bp i was pretty successful just using a uth and a human heat pad... I also dont agree with putting a heat lamp over a towel, thats a pretty dumb idea. Here is what you do. Go to ace hardware and ask for reflectix. It's like a dollar per ft. What you do is cover three sides of the tank with this stuff, and pretty much what it does is reflects the heat back into the tank. When you try this and it works you can thank me later. Good luck

[Jenn]

Sounds like Buddy is starting to settle in a bit. BP's hate that wide open space feeling of a large open aquarium. Buddy would probably do better in a ten gallon tank rather than a twenty. The smaller the enclosure the easier it is to maintain temps and humidity. But he will probably adjust to the twenty.

The sides can be covered with rolled cork, or that cheap foam board. But it is important to cover most of the top with something more than a towel. I used Plexiglass on one of mine. I just taped it to the screen top with duct tape. If you cut the plexi about a half an inch too short you can leave a quarter inch space on the cool side for air to enter, and a quarter inch at the warm end for air to escape. This is how I finally got temps and humidity right.

[Brimstone111888]

What I did to make my tank seem smaller was I added a bunch of fake bush. They cost like $3-4 and they add a bit of scenary and the make the BP feel more secure.

[JoshJP7]

Like Jeff said... You just need to find something to take up space.. If you got 2 hides and a water bowl there might be some extra space ... give em something to climb on or put some fake brush and you should be good.

[bjfoste1]

I need an advice lol

[bearhart]

When i used a tank for my first bp i was pretty successful just using a uth and a human heat pad... I also dont agree with putting a heat lamp over a towel, thats a pretty dumb idea.

Yea, you're right, putting a towel under a heat lamp is a dumb idea. Fortunately, he's referring to putting a towel under the tank to insulate the bottom.

[NickP]

What I did to make my tank seem smaller was I added a bunch of fake bush. They cost like $3-4 and they add a bit of scenary and the make the BP feel more secure.

What kinda fake bushes? Can u post a pic of ur tank? I keep hearing people say that but i haven't been able to find any from anywhere.that would look nice in a tank.

[bearhart]

What kinda fake bushes? Can u post a pic of ur tank? I keep hearing people say that but i haven't been able to find any from anywhere.that would look nice in a tank.

garland?

found at craft stores.