Quote Originally Posted by jmcrook View Post
I’d start by letting your substrate air out in a tub/bucket/something before drilling into your nice cage. I had the same issue when I got my pvc enclosures a few years ago. Definitely don’t need to soak the reptichip as thoroughly as they suggest. I break it off in big chunks, break those apart and then give them a quick rinse in a hefty tub under my shower head for a couple seconds. Then break it up and mix it real well. I do that in batches big enough to fill the enclosure and then have leftovers for spot cleaning


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The substrate is definitely not soaking wet when I put it in - I barely get it wet to begin with, just enough to break it off and have it expand, and I’ve left it to air out for up to 3 days before putting it in and it never makes a difference. If the substrate is anything other than 100% dry, the humidity is insane. For instance, it’s currently been over 2 weeks since I last replaced all the substrate. The day I put it in the humidity spiked to 90%...... today the humidity is still at 87% and there’s condensation all over half of the glass. I’m using a RHP so it should be drying out way faster if there was adequate airflow.




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