OK. So I adopted this Sweet Girl last week and she is about a year old. Previous owner is a very nice young man going away to college who needed to find a new home for her. Lucky for both of us, I was looking and we crossed paths. Here cage is a 20 Long which he had basically set up as it is now. There is an UTH onder the half log, which I am putting a Slide Dimmer from Lowes in the next day or two. I have added a 60W red heat lamp on the log side to help with the "warm side of things [on a timer to go on @ 6 and off @ midight - 6 hours]. Also added the Accurite Temp/Humpdity sensor with the outside lead on the glass inside the half log. The main unit is mounted on the other side over the water. Temps stay around 77-79 on the cool side and 81-85 on the warm side. Humidity stays a constant 45-55%. I did foil the lid to help up the humidty a little so this is still a work in progress. I also re-arranged her log to open up the floor a little and now noticed she likes to hang out over the water if you will from time to time. I alos got her a little larger water bowl as the one that was in there was a little small and she knocked it over all of the time.

Big question here is this: I understand everyone's desire to have two hides, but if my little girl is doing well, and appears to be regulating her temps on her own as she moves around her tank all throughout the day, is another hide really a must have? She moves in and out of the log [which is blocked on the glass side by a background], on top of the half log, on the tree and sometimes just hangs out in the center of her cage in the open. It has been years since I have has a BP and herp knowledge has developed far and beyond what it was so all opinions are welcome. Be gentle though, my ego is brittle. :-)



Chuck.