Hey everyone!!
Well I mixed the sand and the organic soil during his soak yesterday. I'm not gonna lie I was quite angry because when I put him back in he went straight for the food, which is the usual routine, but then when he was laying in the basking area he started slightly munching the sand/soil. The only reason I mixed it was because you guys said that is wasn't stable enough which is understandable, but when he started to pick away at the ground I wanted to flip. I of course stopped him from consuming it and have had an eye on him constantly ever since. To try and stop this terrible habit I sprinkled some cypress mulch on top of the areas where he was munching. (It was mainly in the basking area) This stopped him from doing it last night but today is a whole new day so we will see. Maybe its something in the organic soil that he thinks is tasty? I know of course, him eating dirt cannot be a good thing. Right?
He is currently sleeping and I'll let you guys know the days progress.
One more question...well I live in New Jersey and the weather is starting to get quite chilly. We had our first little bit of snow today. What should his perfect temps be during the day and at night. Now the daytime temp is 94 in the basking and 65 on the right side. The night is what worries me. His nighttime routing consists of me dimming the spot lamp to barely nothing and he gets the hint and walks himself to one of his favorite hideouts. Its just that lately he has been sleeping quite long and he always walks straight back to under the basking light after doing anything. He is eating like a champ and all seems well, its just I don't want him to freeze during the night. I'm almost positive that the temp at night for him doesn't go below 58. The left side is his basking area which consists of a 100 watt zoo med Repti basking spot lamp with dimmer. Its is about 10-12 inches from the ground. The other light is the Reptisun terrarium hood with a 15watt 5.0 UVB hung above at 13''.
I really appreciate all the great information you guys have given me and its probably why Filbert is doing so well!! Thank you!
Sincerely,
Patrick & Filbert (3 months old)
--pictures are below--taken yesterday--
Well I mixed the sand and the organic soil during his soak yesterday. I'm not gonna lie I was quite angry because when I put him back in he went straight for the food, which is the usual routine, but then when he was laying in the basking area he started slightly munching the sand/soil. The only reason I mixed it was because you guys said that is wasn't stable enough which is understandable, but when he started to pick away at the ground I wanted to flip. I of course stopped him from consuming it and have had an eye on him constantly ever since. To try and stop this terrible habit I sprinkled some cypress mulch on top of the areas where he was munching. (It was mainly in the basking area) This stopped him from doing it last night but today is a whole new day so we will see. Maybe its something in the organic soil that he thinks is tasty? I know of course, him eating dirt cannot be a good thing. Right?
He is currently sleeping and I'll let you guys know the days progress.
One more question...well I live in New Jersey and the weather is starting to get quite chilly. We had our first little bit of snow today. What should his perfect temps be during the day and at night. Now the daytime temp is 94 in the basking and 65 on the right side. The night is what worries me. His nighttime routing consists of me dimming the spot lamp to barely nothing and he gets the hint and walks himself to one of his favorite hideouts. Its just that lately he has been sleeping quite long and he always walks straight back to under the basking light after doing anything. He is eating like a champ and all seems well, its just I don't want him to freeze during the night. I'm almost positive that the temp at night for him doesn't go below 58. The left side is his basking area which consists of a 100 watt zoo med Repti basking spot lamp with dimmer. Its is about 10-12 inches from the ground. The other light is the Reptisun terrarium hood with a 15watt 5.0 UVB hung above at 13''.
I really appreciate all the great information you guys have given me and its probably why Filbert is doing so well!! Thank you!
Sincerely,
Patrick & Filbert (3 months old)
--pictures are below--taken yesterday--