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laurarfl
at Thu May 29 07:27:04 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by laurarfl ]
Oh, no biggie, Mike....
Yes, he still drinks water constantly. Sometimes we walk by his cage and his head is just hanging over the side of the container likes he's drowning himself. The kids like to yell, "No....Sammy, don't end it this way!" Weird inside joke. He has a kiddie pool that we put in the backyard that he likes to hang out in, too.
A matter of fact, since he just ate last weekend, he's got a nicely soaked cage for me to clean this morning. Yay.
He usually eats F/T rabbits and even guinea pigs with no problem. He just wasn't into this one. I tried feeding him rats once and he wouldn't even tongue flick them. I did defrost this rabbit with a rat for my boa and I wonder if it was a scent issue. I'll keep the blow dryer trick in mind, though. 
I still fight a bit with the humidity in the AP cages. I have closed off some of the back vents, but I used black cardstock paper and I'm not sure if that's the best. I wanted something that still looks pretty decent on these cages. They're in a bit of a drafty location, but it's the best place I can put them for now. Also, even with the RHP on max power, I can only get a basking temp of 85-86. I would think that when they built these 6ft cages and fitted them them RHP's, they would have considered the proper size/wattage necessary to heat them. Unless it's my cheapo ZooMed thermostat that's holding it back. The set-up works fine for the boa cage on top of the Burm cage, but it's a bit smaller and has the benefit of rising heat.
So...sorry to have hijacked this thread and steered it completely off-topic! I keep lots of critters in tanks and didn't want to give the impression I thought it was poor practice for anyone else to do so. I just wanted to share my experience with a then 11ft python in a 75 gallon tank when no thought was ever given to his humidity except to give him a water bucket that took up half his floor space. He was so cramped! And he spent every evening rubbing his poor nose on the screen.
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RE: Burms in Tanks - laurarfl, Thu May 29 07:27:04 2008