TOBA
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We just got our ~1 year old redfoot and after a few days of adjustments have made the enclosure as shown. The lamps I use are the 13W reptisun 5.0 which I keep on for 12 hours and a 50W night heat lamp (Exo Terra, blue) which I keep on intermittently throughout the day & night.
There is a temp gradient about 81 - 89F in the enclosure (understand it's not necessary to have gradient but how do you keep same temp throughout with heating lamp? Can't use heating pads with plastic enclosure.).
Humidity ranges from 80 - 95%+ depending on if the heating lamp is on. For substrate, there's a 5" 50/50 potting soil / coconut coir mix bottom, topped with 1" of cypress mulch. My main question is if humidity can ever be too high for her? Sometimes when the lamp is not on, the humidity rise to 95%+ and it seems to avg ~90% overall (attached chart).
This is day 4 and she seems pretty comfortable and active. I plan on feeding her 6 days a week and so far she has great appetite. I am seeing a tiny bit of pyramiding when we got her so want to make sure she gets the right environment going forward in our care. Welcome any feedback on our setup!
There is a temp gradient about 81 - 89F in the enclosure (understand it's not necessary to have gradient but how do you keep same temp throughout with heating lamp? Can't use heating pads with plastic enclosure.).
Humidity ranges from 80 - 95%+ depending on if the heating lamp is on. For substrate, there's a 5" 50/50 potting soil / coconut coir mix bottom, topped with 1" of cypress mulch. My main question is if humidity can ever be too high for her? Sometimes when the lamp is not on, the humidity rise to 95%+ and it seems to avg ~90% overall (attached chart).
This is day 4 and she seems pretty comfortable and active. I plan on feeding her 6 days a week and so far she has great appetite. I am seeing a tiny bit of pyramiding when we got her so want to make sure she gets the right environment going forward in our care. Welcome any feedback on our setup!
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