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My winter setup
2 lights 50w and 65 watt...lowered to put heat closer to ground main substrate lowered to 4" nesting box has 8" and is heated to 86 degrees via heat rope. main substrate is 60/40 sand to top soil nest box is coconut husk and sand mix. ambient near lights is in the 90’s center nesting box area 84-85 hot spot 60w over 160 degrees hot spot 50w 140-150 range
the windows allow them to stare back and forth at the cat... funny, cat paws at the window and they come closer...I think she looks like a snack to them |
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| 10/20/09 11:27am |
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Chad Lane View Profile |
Message To: Suzuki4life In reference to Message Id: 2086343 My winter setup
Cheers, Chad |
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| 10/20/09 03:41pm |
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Mdf View Profile |
Message To: Suzuki4life In reference to Message Id: 2086343 My winter setup
Your lights just need to be lowered enough to achieve the correct basking temps & a back ground heat set at around 80f round the clock, unless your using 24h basking spots, if so you need places the monitors can get out of the light. Put as much substrate as your floor will carry or put a lid with a 4/5" hole in on the nest box with 8" of soil in they’ll use this as a retreat, too shallow for a nest box, but will make a good retreat box & reduce the nest box temp so its holds humidity & has a range of temps from one end to the other. Make sure your monitors aren’t competing for the same basking area, one of them might dominate the the basking area causing problems for the other one. Good luck!! |
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| 10/20/09 03:48pm |
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Suzuki4life View Profile |
Message To: Mdf In reference to Message Id: 2086431 My winter setup
The monitors can currently retreat under the "perches" which are directly below the light or beneath the water dish which they actually do on occasion (Temp in these areas is roughly 85 degrees) Substrate depth is irrelevant IF they never burrow. Mine have burrowed three times now over a period of almost 6 months. Remember that substrate temperature also matters on an animal who’s belly will almost constantly will be in contact with it. Conduction will rob the animal of body heat if there is a big variation in temp between ambient temp and surface temps. The enclosure is air tight...so it can have as much humidity as I like...It currently has over 70% unless I vent it which I have been doing (ie: lifting lid) I will add a board over one end of the nest box to give some seclusion. |
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| 10/20/09 04:26pm |
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Mdf View Profile |
Message To: Suzuki4life In reference to Message Id: 2086449 My winter setup
If you look at your pics you can see why they retreat under the perches, because there’s no where else to hide, 85f is a bit on the warm side for there retreat area 24 hours a day, the cool end 76-78 sounded better. They will burrow if given access to warm deep soil areas as in the link below, i cannot offer this to mine so i offer them retreat box’s with access holes. The soil temps should have different areas of temps so the monitor can access their required temps. We can’t tell you what to do, only offer you advice. Good luck.Click Here |
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| 10/20/09 05:07pm |
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Message To: Mdf In reference to Message Id: 2086480 My winter setup
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| 10/20/09 06:32pm |
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