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DZBReptiles
at Sat Jan 27 19:45:01 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DZBReptiles ]
Kangas, It is not widley recomended that you use pine as a bedding for reptiles. Not as dangerous as cedar but it does contain chemicals that can cause irratation to the skin. I would switch to either aspen, cypress or newspaper. As far as humidity I will describe what I am doing and you can decide if it works for you. I do not have a boaphile rack, but I looked it up and it looks pretty much like the RBI Plastics racks that I am using. I use aspen as bedding and keep it as dry as possible for the majority of the time. The humidity stays about 55-60 percent with nothing more then the water bowl which works for me. When ever one of my snakes goes blue; just when they start to clear up I mist the heck out of the aspen, and I mean really wet just no standing water. The heat at the back of the box causes it to dry up pretty quick along the back, but thats OK you don't necessarily want them laying on the wet. The front of the box stays wet for 4 to 5 days. most of the time they have shed by then, if not I remist the substrate. The first thing I do after they shed is pick out the fresh shed, unroll it to look for the eye caps. If they are on the shed then they are not on the snake. The second thing I do is remove the snake, grab a quick weight and then place them in a holding container. At this point I empty out all the old wet bedding, wash the tube with soap and water, dry it completely and then refill it with fresh bedding. Thats it; simple and I can tell you that I have no problem with poor sheds, retained eye caps or with any kind of belly rot, skin fungus or mold. So you be the judge.
Jeff
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RE: Humidity help please!!! - DZBReptiles, Sat Jan 27 19:45:01 2007