Hi and thank you for the welcome, HH! I've actually lurked awhile, but never posted anything yet but read loads - on this and on repticzone which seems to have some people on it that seem experienced.



I'm not offended at all - it's all about what is best for my sav and the best way to go about things. I've always liked FR's comment he's made to other people saying he's not the expert, the monitor is, and to pay attention to it - it makes a lot of sense - like my sav today looking at the locusts as if to say - well I'll eat them just coz they're there!



Smaller meals is what I give my BP too - some people seem to stuff as large a rat as they can into it but I tend to go for the same girth or slightly smaller than the snake.



The vivarium has varying degrees of temps throughout from about 74-75 up to 86-89 ambient temps. He has some rocks set up (2 of which are actually caves as well) under the basking lights - so basking temp is about 150. He can sit either side of these rocks lower down so would have a different temp there. Maybe I can post a pic of the new viv now it's done - I'm pretty proud of it though it was my hubby that actually did it



I think my halogen lights are OK - I'm in the UK so we have different ones I think - we seem unable to get 45w ones so I have 3 x 60w ones. They aren't the ones with a clear centre which I have been told can cause burns.



Does my idea for the next 3 weeks sound OK? I don't want to starve him LOL! Or would it be better to wait until I get back and can keep an eye on him while it's going on?



Thank you very much for your input it's greatly appreciated.

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