Hello John, The size boxes you are using are great if you use aspen or just white paper towels on bottom....use a small deli cup for water....they will outgrow that box fast and if you move up to the mid-size box they can be in that for alot longer time. You need more holes in the box for air-flow and cypress is just too much for a small box with very little airflow. Even in large 4 foot cages...I use a container inside the cage filled with cypress during dry seasons...but not the whole cage...the animal needs to dry out sometimes too. Hope this helps. Andy Federico





Hello all. I just recently acquired 2 BCI that are 1.5 months old. I currently have them housed in a rack system with iris boxes. These are the shoebox size boxes. My question is concerning humidity, initially I used cypress mulch as a substrate. This had the humidity at 95%, which is too high..right? I removed that and added newspaper, so there is newspaper, large bowl of water and a hide. Humidity is still at 85%. What is the healthy upper limit of humidity? I forgot to mention, I have holes all around the containers..usually 3 holes on each side make with soldering iron. Any suggestions? The next step up in enclosures I have are much more stable, but too big for these lil ones to feel secure(3' cages)

Thanks,
John
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