Scale Rot

[bender29]

what part of it that reads the humidity, the probe or the thing itself
Because i dont want to stick the whole thing in there getting in the way of my bp

Velcro it to the side.

[missi182]

IMO, monthly is just too long. That substrate is going to soak up all the urine it can. Just spot cleaning, that isn't getting the soiled bedding out, unless you replace a handfull of mulch every time the snake passes urates, and urine, or poop. Which would be pointless, when you can just dump the whole tank/tub out and replace the bedding.

I replace my aspen every 7 days, and water gets changed every other day, along with the bowls getting cleaned in hot water.

I thought the same thing but my bp doesnt seem to pass any urates or poop more often than once every 3 to 4 weeks. Is that abnormal? When I see it I usually just dump out all the bedding, give it a good wipe down and put some new stuff in and then at least once a month I clean the entire enclosure out, plants and all (and I do change my water almost everyday).

[starmom]

I thought the same thing but my bp doesnt seem to pass any urates or poop more often than once every 3 to 4 weeks. Is that abnormal? When I see it I usually just dump out all the bedding, give it a good wipe down and put some new stuff in and then at least once a month I clean the entire enclosure out, plants and all (and I do change my water almost everyday).

It seems to be a bit unusual given the age your snake. Even my 9 month old snakes pee and urate every week; last night my son got showered!!! Anyway, I think it goes back to the discussion of prey size for your little guy. Were you able to get the gram scale yet?!

[missi182]

Nope not yet, Ill try and pick one up today. The last two times he has pooped,urinated,passed urates all at once and it was while I was giving him a bath for a bad shed. That was 2 weeks ago and since then I have only found one tiny urate. He has had three fuzzies sinnce then.

[littleindiangirl]

I like the VPI "sniff test". Clean the poo/urates and soiled bedding around it, then smell the enclosure. If it smells, change it, if not, don't.

[missi182]

Nope, no stinky I also keep the substrate pretty dry so I dont have to worry about mold and I can see any wet spots/urates easily. The humidity stays up by spraying the towels on top once a day instead of the substrate all the time I use cypress mulch.

[missi182]

atp151415, I hope you got some good info on the scale rot. I hope my question about changing the substrate was some help to you as well, didn't mean to go off topic so much from your question.

[atp151415]

thanks everyone
ill be getting one soon

then after i get some money from buying my spider
ill buy a helix
then after i get more money, a tempgun
lol

[Lucietheball]

i just put some paper towl under my snakes hide so that shes not constantly laying on moist ground.