Looks Great BroOriginally Posted by Valaryan
So this girl shed a few days ago and damn near took a rat's head off lol. I bathed her tonight and still no poop. She's acting chill and healthy though.
I've also set her up in her 4 x 2 viv after spending a week calibrating the temps. After researching I opted not to have a night time drop as the thermal gradient will allow her to thermo regulate anyway. White Python LEDs are on a 12 hour cycle and dimmed down a tad as they're really powerful.
The stat is set to 30C / 86F, however I've measured the areas below with a temp gun and set the stat to achieve them in-line with my research:
35C / 95F on top of the warm hide
27C / 80.6F inside the warm hide
24C / 75.2F on the cool side
24C / 75.2F inside the cool hide
I have a couple of questions though. The CHE guard is 45C / 113F at it's hottest point but I can touch it. And the ambient relative humidity is reading 96%. The humidity level is due to the 2.5 litres of water I've provided for her to bathe in / drink but the enclosure is not 'wet' this is the air level only. Ive read that Burms can tolerate high humidity as long as the cage isn't wet but in your opinion are these two numbers too high?
As far as a couple things you asked opions on.
96% is way above what you want and will cause health issues. 60% is perfect.
I use large 5 quart bowls but i cant remember your Sq Ft of your enclosure. Mine are 4'x2'x2' and 8'x30"x36". Im thinking the fact that you use the wood substrate has raised the humidity as i always use Kraft Paper, or it isn't measuring correctly? 96% would fog the glass at least mine does over 75%.
You may decide to switch over in the future to Paper as she grows... the piss mine let out as adults would be so much it ruined all that substrate anyways lol.
The other thing i wanted to mention was the Top of the hide temp. I think you'll find as i have if the Hide Top is 95 the snake will also end up close to 95 because their body absorbs it like Radiant heat. I had my thermometer probe on the floor inside the hide and it would reach the temp i had my Tstat set to, 91F, However the Top of my hide from my RHP panel was 94F (because its closer to the heating element) so I then started to use a Laser against my snakes body (not from a distance right against it) and she matched the Top of the Hide temp not the Floor temp. Thats something to think about and test for yourself. The way to make sure your getting the best reading is when you have left the enclosure closed for a full 24 hrs and its regulated, also check it during the day when its warmest as every enclosure has drafts or leaks heat and night time temp drops can effect this reading. You really want to know the Hottest temp so you can adjust it accordingly. In my experience, both my Burms preferred 86-88max Hot and 76min cool.
With this said I love the setup, its really looks Hot
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