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Jeff Clark
at Tue Sep 2 14:53:19 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jeff Clark ]
Marwan,
. Vacations and travel are not authorized. Seriously, I leave everything on when I go away. My heaters are set so that they are not using a lot of power and are not getting dangerously hot. They are somewhat double protected from malfunction because they are controlled with thermostats AND rheostats. If a rheostat was to fail and apply full power the thrermostat would turn it off periodicly when the temps got too hot and if a thermostat failed in the power on mode the rheostat is set so that the heaters would not get too hot. I do not use any sort of misting devices. I have good luck keeping humidity high by limiting ventilation so that the humidity does not quickly escape from the cages. This is a low maintenance method of maintaining humidity. Adult BRBs will be okay with low humidity for awhile. Perhaps a week or ten days is okay. A little BRB can dehydrate and die in just a few days in a heated cage with very low humidity.
Jeff
>>just out of curiousity ,, when you travel it is always recommended to turn off all electricity incase something happens ,,heating pads and everything else cause you never know what happens.
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>>what if i have a rainbow boa and i want to travel.
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>>if i usually mist the tank ,,i wont be there anymore
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>>if i have a sophisticated machine that does that,itll probablly be turned off just incase.
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>>other than leaving a huge bowl of water in the rainbow boa's cage,is there nothing else ,btw i have ventilation in my cage.
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>>so what do i do incase something like that
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>>i noticed humidity is a real hot topic here,,will it die without alot of humidity for about a week or two
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>>mind you i still dont have one,and when i get one i wont travel for a year and thats when ill take it with me ,but what if ,,just asking for knowledge
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RE: rainbow boas and humidity,, - Jeff Clark, Tue Sep 2 14:53:19 2003