this male is cb and i ussed to be very concerned about the outside disturbances and handling so it was kept to none and he was in a room with no traffic for the longest time and his cage was covered in news paper to help a bit more. However, he is now in an area of higher traffic and has astroturf as a substrate. It is hard to say with temp and humidity since that is difficult to regulate in this state (IL..in winter it is dry and cold and I have a heat pad, ceramic heater and lights his cage is also 6 ft)...at this exact time, it is 90 in the warm and 80 in the cool and low humidity but that is rare since i do have a fogger and i mist. still i read a lot that said to keep humidity lower than expected and he is quite a regulator himself...if he feels dry i can always trust he will go to water since he moves a lot to different parts of the tank. Ok I had a point...handling a traffic i do not believe anymore are affecting him at all because he will eat pretty regularly reguardless of how warm or cool he is, wet or dry, or handling or traffic...its just he wont eat whole food regularly (i have only got him to take down 1 f/t chick and 0 rodents) he will just take grocery store chicken regularly and I am happier with than over nothing but i dont think it is going to be a food that can get him big and keep him healthy (his last shed was just over 4 ft but i think it may have stretched as little). I guess my best question is what rodent do you think would be best to try more and live or dead or scented (my guess is if he is taken chicken parts he doesnt care if its dead). Sorry for the long post but next year my goal is to hook this guy up with a girlfriend since he is a very good looking animal with a great temperment....ps i have been picky looking at females for a while now got any cute girls i can hook him up with..i know you have some young ones so if i have to wait another year or 2 or even 3 for the perfect dream project i can do that...ill spend that time on ATB's Thank you

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