2,5 years later, finally seeing if I'm doing ok. Setup and shedding questions.

[Rmorse]

How much you guys think I can get for my enclosure as is? People were saying that it's a good one for an arboreal setup...

[Slim]

How much you guys think I can get for my enclosure as is? People were saying that it's a good one for an arboreal setup...

Hard to say. Throw it up on Craigslist with a good picture. Ask $400 for it and see what comes out of the wood work. Even if you get half of that (and I think you can), you're well on your way to a nice Animal Plastics set up like pigfat suggested. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

[pigfat]

Someone may be want it to put china in it. I think it would be a lot of work to make it an aboreal cage because they would have to seal or cover all the wood....oh and I wouldn't say that its been a snake cage in your craigslist add lol, that may freak potential buyers away.

[Slim]

oh and I wouldn't say that its been a snake cage in your craigslist add lol, that may freak potential buyers away.

This is an outstanding point that I failed to mention. Thank you to pigfat for covering my 6.

[pigfat]

This is an outstanding point that I failed to mention. Thank you to pigfat for covering my 6.

lol no prob!

[Rmorse]

Bitter.

Ok, well, in the meantime, I'm going to try and see what I can do about humidity levels and make it a one level enclosure. The one level deal and turning down the heat lamp I can do for under $30. I'll see about getting a plastic enclosure for long term.

[Rmorse]

Ok, thread revival.

This came in the mail yesterday:

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Soooo, now what? Do I hook the probe up to the UTH or the heat lamp? And, do I superglue it to the plexi piece that the UTH is on, or can I tape it? Or what? Also, what temp should I set it at?

Next step is making the tank one level. (I know, I know, I said I would do that last weekend, but stuff came up. I'm hoping to work on it this Sunday or Monday (I have off Monday).

[pigfat]

As long as you're working on it its no big deal! Put the thermostat probe on the UTH. If you can get it under the sticky side of the UTH I would do that, but if not, hot glue works pretty good. I would set it at 91ish? The hydrofarms work good "I have used 4 of them" but they can raise and lower by about 3 degrees either way. Do you have a way to see how hot your UTH is? Like a infrared thermometer? If not, maybe a stick on thermometer might work as a last resort lol.

[Rmorse]

As long as you're working on it its no big deal! Put the thermostat probe on the UTH. If you can get it under the sticky side of the UTH I would do that, but if not, hot glue works pretty good. I would set it at 91ish? The hydrofarms work good "I have used 4 of them" but they can raise and lower by about 3 degrees either way. Do you have a way to see how hot your UTH is? Like a infrared thermometer? If not, maybe a stick on thermometer might work as a last resort lol.

Nope, no infrared thermometer. Although, I am heading to the NoVa reptile expo on Saturday, so I might see how much one of those guns are. In the meantime, I have a digital thermometer/hydrometer that I bought from walmart last week. I can throw that puppy in her hide for a day, and see what temps it's getting to.

[pigfat]

Nope, no infrared thermometer. Although, I am heading to the NoVa reptile expo on Saturday, so I might see how much one of those guns are. In the meantime, I have a digital thermometer/hydrometer that I bought from walmart last week. I can throw that puppy in her hide for a day, and see what temps it's getting to.

I would think they would have one at a show. I've seen them for under $40. That may work but I doubt it will get a good reading of the surface temp. I would probably add 2-3 degrees for the actual surface temp. Just keep it below 95 and you'll be fine.