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JoOaks
at Sat Jan 29 12:27:48 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JoOaks ]
The problem with the enclosure she currently inhabits is that it is long and tall but narrow. She was given to me by another girl who bought her two years ago as a hatchling. She was only 1.5ft head to tail tip and eating [bleep]ty wet dog food as a staple. I thought she was stunted but grew to well over three feet in the few months I've had her. This growth spurt, I did not expect. Now she needs a much larger enclosure.
On the "warm end," I have two basking spots set up, one high, one closer to the substrate. The high basking spot ranges from 154-157 degrees and the lower basking spot ranges from 142-145 degrees. She uses both spots regularly with no apparent preference.
The other side of the tank, however, is too cool without a basking spot. And since I do want her to have a cool side to retreat to (she likes to burrow and sleep on this side), I added a CHE on a thermostat to make the ambient air temp 75-78 versus 65ish. I did experiment with a third basking spot closer to the middle of the cage but it boosted the temps of the other basking areas and she spent more time in her burrows. Now she's utilizing every part of the enclosure.
Poor cage design on my part along with very cold room temps (damn Pennsylvania winters) necessitates the use of a CHE, at least for now.
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RE: OT Question on equipment - JoOaks, Sat Jan 29 12:27:48 2011