thanks greg,

what ambient humidity should the entire enclosure be? i only ask because everything i have read to this point said to keep the humidity low, and the ventilation as high as possible. and that the keeper should offer humid 'hides'....?

i have kept a lot of natural enclosures before, and i feel i am very good at providing usable and functional environments...and i have a good system down to get huge temperature gradients.

i also am a huge fan of using both underbelly heat, and low wattage bulbs, when using lights for heat. i am however, more used to keeping higher humidity loving animals, chondros, emeralds, boa constrtictors, retics, ect...so the hognoses will be a new and exciting species to work with i am sure. i kept and bred chondros when i was seventeen(im 35 now), and most people told me that i wouldnt even be able to keep them alive(and at that time, not a lot of people were)...so i am pretty sure i will be successful with hognoses.

i am confident that i will be able to provide a good environment, with correct perameters...but the humidity has me a little confused...because what i get from what you are saying, is totally different than all of the other info that i have read...and OBVIOUSLY you know what you are doing...one only has to see your animals, and the success you have had with them. thanks for your help! rick

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