New Caye Caulker Dwarf Boa and would like general information

[CloudtheBoa]

I'll definitely pick up a second hide and a smaller water bowl. Would he be fine with just the one hide until my AP cage gets here or should I try to fit a second one in with a smaller water bowl.

What I did yesterday when I got home was I added more moss to the cypress mulch and mixed in some water as well.

I moved the heating source over his hide now and the hot spot on top of it was at 99 degrees and on the substrate was 85, the inside of his hide is at 84 and has extra moss and the cold side is at 69.

What temp would be too high for the hot spot? My thermostat will be here on Saturday and I am so extremely happy that I ordered one, just the thought of having one makes me stress about it less.

If it’s only going to be a couple of weeks before the new cage gets there he should be ok, but you can switch them around if you want.

If the heat tape is getting 99F, I’d reduce it to 88-90F. If that’s the hot spot under the lamp, it should be fine if you drop it a few degrees. My hot spots on the shelves under my RHPs get ~95F, and they’d use even hotter spots in the wild, but you don’t want it quite that high in a smaller enclosure, otherwise they may not be able to choose the hot side without the super hot hot spot, and avoid it. So long as your ambients stay 80-90F, I’d drop the hot spot a bit.


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