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From your post regarding breeding niles; "And to keep a large area humid, is very difficult in a non draining box"
Thanks and Merry Christmas all!

Merry Christmas Mike, Dave and I were talking about how much fun it would be to have you and your family over to go bush.

Yes, I can answer that. In most cages people use, they add water and it passes thru the substrate and pools or builds up on the bottom. This creates a gradient of wet, mushy, to humid, up to dry on the surface. The problem is, there is not enough depth for that. That is, there is no area of consistant conditions. Then when you consider, its more important that temps are consistant, then an exact temp. It does make nesting difficult over time.

In the old days, we would remix the dirt at the time of copulation, to make sure the dirt was consistant. These days, thats too much work, so I learned to keep it right. Actually just poking holes in the botton to let the excess water run out, works very well. Cheers