Floomby
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I went to the Reptile Super Show last Saturday "just to look..." haha...a 2" Hermann's hatchling actually crawled into my hand, so what was I supposed to do?
This is the enclosure. It's a simple underbed storage container from Target. Since I worry about my mischievous little dog getting at little Tacho, not to mention random birds or neighborhood cats, I cover the enclosure with the hinged lid on one side, and a mesh laundry bag on the other. S/he lives on the balcony, where she gets about 2-3 hours of morning sunlight, supplemented by an Exoterra UVB bulb (plugged in, of course). I have two terra cotta pot bottoms for water bowls, and a flower pot and a arched ceramic climbing thing/hide for furniture on the shady side. The substrate is coconut coir + sphagnum moss. I bathe her/him nightly. I am growing some of Tortoise Supply's testudo mix seeds, which I will plant when ready. There is one thermometer on each side. Comments/crits welcome.
Edit: I also have two thermometers, one on each side. The ambient temperature ranges from a high of upper 80's-low 90s during the day down to 68-71 at night. The bulb adds about 10 degrees to the hot side.
This is the enclosure. It's a simple underbed storage container from Target. Since I worry about my mischievous little dog getting at little Tacho, not to mention random birds or neighborhood cats, I cover the enclosure with the hinged lid on one side, and a mesh laundry bag on the other. S/he lives on the balcony, where she gets about 2-3 hours of morning sunlight, supplemented by an Exoterra UVB bulb (plugged in, of course). I have two terra cotta pot bottoms for water bowls, and a flower pot and a arched ceramic climbing thing/hide for furniture on the shady side. The substrate is coconut coir + sphagnum moss. I bathe her/him nightly. I am growing some of Tortoise Supply's testudo mix seeds, which I will plant when ready. There is one thermometer on each side. Comments/crits welcome.
Edit: I also have two thermometers, one on each side. The ambient temperature ranges from a high of upper 80's-low 90s during the day down to 68-71 at night. The bulb adds about 10 degrees to the hot side.