New addition BRB

[WintersSerpentine]

A warm side temp of 91*F is too high, drop it down to 86*F. Any higher can cause neurological issues.

The minimum humidity for a baby is 90%, go ahead and let the substrate be wet. I used cypress mulch for my babies when I bred my female a few years back; the neonates spent all of their time burrowed in it, and cypress doesn't have mold issues.

I would also remove the wooden log hide, it will mold quickly. With a BRB plastic hides are your friend. If you put down an inch of substrate I wouldn't worry about adding true "hides" as your baby will burrow, just put in some fake plants to simulate ground cover.

Okay, we got home about an hour ago and his warm side is fluctuating between 85 and 86 with the thermostat now, ambient ~79, cool side still at 75 on the cold side, is this correct? Thank you for the advice. I wanted to make sure I took care of it before responding here.
I'm using the cypress and eco-earth mix to try and grow a few low plants/moss over the ground for cover, so there's about an inch and a half. I've noticed that he burrowed earlier when I turned his lamp on.. it's a red bulb. Should I just keep this for when he's being shown to friends and stick with the UTH around the clock? Or is it good that he is burrowing? Sorry for so many questions, and thank you in advance, I just want to make sure he's good to go from other's personal experiences.

We ended up buying a ceramic hide and a plastic hide (one's a little buddha statue, the other is a replica log but plastic), so I will go ahead and take the wood out. Thank you for all of your advice.

Just for what it's worth .... I had great success with BRBs a few years ago ...I had a layer of lush moss growing onto top of a mixed layer of orchid / reptile bark and Eco earth . Never had any issues at all with regards to humidity and both they and the setup looked amazing and of course they were in fantastic health .

Incidentally they didn't have hides as such but stayed under the moss during the day and spend most evening hours on top and in branches ...

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Advice is priceless! I really like the moss idea, Zinc. I've never heard of orchid/reptile bark before, could I use my same mixture of cypress and eco-earth, maybe? Sounds like a great way to have a self sustaining viv (almost), thank you!

Yeah 91 is way too high. I keep my two around 80 at the hottest spot.

Got home about an hour ago and immediately made changes to his UTH. His warm side is fluctuating between 85 and 86, but staying closer to 85.. would you recommend trying to drop it to maybe 82-83? His ambient was 79 but just fluctuated up to 80, and the cool side is holding a steady 74/75. thank you!

Congrats! spazhime has a little waterfall. Its in the BRB progression thread below this one. It's pretty sweet..

Thanks, Cletus! I didn't even see that and I had been looking through the "BRB" tags on here. Good eye! That's exactly what I was envisioning in my head for him.