I would love to see pics Len. You are the first person I've heard for whom the wet method didn't work. I'd love to know exactly what you were doing to try to figure out why it did not work for you. I've often referred to MY wet routine as the shotgun approach. I hit them with everything all the time. I have not yet tried to determine which single element has the greatest effect on its own yet. Understanding what you have done differently might help us gain insight into which element of the "wet" routine really has the greatest effect. Neal has told me in the past that he thinks that it might be more about hydration and humidity is secondary or even not important at all. Recently a friend confirmed the opposite of what Neal believes when he told me his super smooth leopards were raised with no water bowl, once a week soaks, but in a very warm humid room and with constantly damp substrate in a tall sided glass tank, and a humid hide. Oh what a mystery....
So Len,
For your failed attempts:
What substrate?
How damp?
Ambient humidity percentage?
How often did you soak?
How often did you spray the shell?
Humid hide box?
Ambient temp, both day and night?
Basking temp?
Incandescent bulb in a dome?
From your post it sounds like you were trying top stop pyramiding in progress. I have found this to be EXPONENTIALLY harder than preventing pyramiding in the first place. I have done it successfully many times now, but sometimes it takes months to see even the slightest improvement.
Any insight here is welcomed and appreciated.
So Len,
For your failed attempts:
What substrate?
How damp?
Ambient humidity percentage?
How often did you soak?
How often did you spray the shell?
Humid hide box?
Ambient temp, both day and night?
Basking temp?
Incandescent bulb in a dome?
From your post it sounds like you were trying top stop pyramiding in progress. I have found this to be EXPONENTIALLY harder than preventing pyramiding in the first place. I have done it successfully many times now, but sometimes it takes months to see even the slightest improvement.
Any insight here is welcomed and appreciated.