I have two juveniles I've raised for about a year now. I started them as neonates in a 12 x 12 x 18 ZooMed cage, with sand blasted manzanita for perches and pothos planted directly into the substrate for foliage and decoration. I kept a 60 watt red bulb on them and a 5.0 UVB light as well during the day. Substrate was and still is eco earth mixed with cypress mulch and orchid bark, and I spray them about once a day, sometimes twice a day, sometimes I skip it. I moved them up to an 18 x 18 x 24" ZooMed terrarium a few months ago and keep a thick layer of sphagnum moss along the bottom on top of the eco earth/bark mix. Keeping that moss nice and damp makes monitoring their humidity a piece of cake - I haven't had a problem shed from them since their first month with me, and I really don't always mist them daily. Depending on ambient temps in my house, they either get a 25 watt basking bulb during the day during summer (ambient house temps 80 degrees) or a 75 watt bulb in winter (ambient temps 70 degrees). I let them cool down at night and they do well.

Danny Mendez is a really great guy with a lot of experience with ammies, and I found his article on their care to be helpful. He keeps them relatively cool, especially when we are accustomed to housing tropical snakes with basking areas in the high 80s to low 90s. Instead, Danny keeps his with a high temp at most of 85, and lets them drop down to the low 70s at night. Mine aren't getting super huge super fast, but they are definitely growing and thriving, and I highly recommend following along with the advice in this article.

http://www.urbanjungles.com/atbbasics.htm

"Gorgeous" when she first arrived this time last year:


Her brother, "Sh*thead", in September last year - Sorry, non PC name, but he really is...


Their cage - I moved them up in Sept, so this was when it was freshly made. They were clearly thrilled.

I run a fogger on them occasionally as well as mist them down. Like I said, usually I spray them once a day, once in a while twice a day, and at least once or twice a week I skip misting them entirely. They have a water bowl to drink from as needed. I built the entire cage from items I brought home from work.

Gorgeous in September - she has developed even more vivid patterning from her tail upward, but I haven't had the chance to take more pictures yet. She's about to go through another shed cycle, once she's done I should snap more pics.


Hope that was helpful!

-Jen