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thejoie
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Ok! I brought home Little Foot- a cherry headed RF last Sunday!
We have a ceramic bulb... and an under tank heater.
During the day- it gets to be around 85 degrees... at night I cover the tank with a glass top, turn off the ceramic heater and it usually hovers around 72-75.
I like using the glass top at night because it REALLY helps keep the humidity in there.
Little Foot is a VERY active hatchling. He has two hides. One is one of those logs from Petsmart. The other a regular ol' container... he seems to prefer the log. But still.. he is VERY rarely in his hides. He sometimes likes to burry himself under the moss.
He is always in a different place when I come upstairs to visit him.
His eating is WOW! There is nothing he doesn't like. His staple diet right now is dandelion, endive, escarole, with an occasional hibiscus leaf and flower (I have an indoor tree!). He also gets squash, zucchini, a little bit of pepper, and a little bit of carrot. His fruit platter includes cantaloupe, plum, strawberries, blackberries... he's not picky..
My ONE issue is the UVB issue.
I understand that because of where they are located and the fact that hatchlings hide a lot.. it isn't a MUST. I've also read that just having them outside a few hours a day would be sufficient. But I'm in CHICAGO.... an area where apparently the new ice age is upon us.
It's freezing, gross, and did I mention cloudy? I have a sunroom (that we JUST bought a heater for!) so I'm thinking I can put him in there for a little while everyday.. but the sun has been scarce.
Would it be ok to take a UVB light (we have one on our turtles) and put it over him for a few hours every other day or so? I just want to make sure he gets a good start
We have a ceramic bulb... and an under tank heater.
During the day- it gets to be around 85 degrees... at night I cover the tank with a glass top, turn off the ceramic heater and it usually hovers around 72-75.
I like using the glass top at night because it REALLY helps keep the humidity in there.
Little Foot is a VERY active hatchling. He has two hides. One is one of those logs from Petsmart. The other a regular ol' container... he seems to prefer the log. But still.. he is VERY rarely in his hides. He sometimes likes to burry himself under the moss.
He is always in a different place when I come upstairs to visit him.
His eating is WOW! There is nothing he doesn't like. His staple diet right now is dandelion, endive, escarole, with an occasional hibiscus leaf and flower (I have an indoor tree!). He also gets squash, zucchini, a little bit of pepper, and a little bit of carrot. His fruit platter includes cantaloupe, plum, strawberries, blackberries... he's not picky..
My ONE issue is the UVB issue.
I understand that because of where they are located and the fact that hatchlings hide a lot.. it isn't a MUST. I've also read that just having them outside a few hours a day would be sufficient. But I'm in CHICAGO.... an area where apparently the new ice age is upon us.
It's freezing, gross, and did I mention cloudy? I have a sunroom (that we JUST bought a heater for!) so I'm thinking I can put him in there for a little while everyday.. but the sun has been scarce.
Would it be ok to take a UVB light (we have one on our turtles) and put it over him for a few hours every other day or so? I just want to make sure he gets a good start