I keep several australian desert reptiles (Ackie and kimberly monitors) Also womas....but i live smack dab in the middle of thesert. I have asked around and some people tell me its extremely hard to keep the humidity up for GTP were there is 0% humidity in the air. I serioisly have to dose the monitors to keep there sheds goin smoothly. So if any who lives in the desert/dryclimate please give yur suggestions on giving proper husbandry/tips to me thanks......
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Dry Climate Snake keeping
Dirt
Dec 02, 2003 12:35 AM
Replies (5)
A.Slattery
Dec 02, 2003 05:02 AM
I M FROM FLORIDA SO I WOULDN'T KNOW. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WENT THROUGH WITH THAT TRADE?
Dirt
Dec 02, 2003 01:58 PM
You know wut i did?? Neil really has been a good guy u can go see the monitor in the classifieds 1.o kimberly rock monitor, but ill be getting the jayapura's soon. I got references and everything. Ben Seigel has the same clutch advertised in the GTP classified section if you wanna take a look. Thanks
A.Slattery
Dec 02, 2003 07:19 PM
HOPE ALL GOES WELL.
ADAM
Brandon Osborne
Dec 02, 2003 09:02 AM
Email Greg Schroeder. He live in Arizona, so he may be able to turn you to the right direction.
Brandon Osborne
orthopode
Dec 02, 2003 09:24 AM
Hi,
I am not sure how dry it gets where you live but I live in Canada and the winter gets very dry. First of all, you need a cage with small side vents and absolutely no top opening or screen. Even with small vents, you still need to open or close some of the vents to ensure proper balance between humidity and ventilation. In the winter, I use a room humidificator to bring up the humidity of the room to at least 50%, then I spray my cages twice a day during the dry season (once a day in summer).
Playing with the vent holes takes a bit of experience but is relatively easy to master. Keeping the humidity of the room up is much harder. I have to refill the humidifier every other day, it runs at least 80% of the time and it is a very very fine balance between humidity and mold in the room(humidity condense on the cold walls and cause molding...I make sure I leave the closets open and that nothing is touching the wall so that it gets ventilated...this may not be a problem for you in the desert)...and the humidifier is pretty much worn out after one full season...
