Recent content by Feyotter

Hello everyone. About a year ago I got a hatchling sulcata online from a pet store in Florida. After getting a lot of great advice I followed it as best as I could and the baby seemed to be doing well. Except for one thing - he eventually stopped eating as much as he used to and never grew at...

Thanks for the reply. I'll pick up one of those hygrometers - hopefully I can find one at Lowes. You wouldn't happen to know a brand name or type would you? Is it like a thermometer gun or does it use a probe? As soon as I can drag the 55 up from the basement I'll get him set up in that. In the...

Thanks for the reply. I hopefully wouldn't have him in there for very long since I'll be moving him to a 8x4x4 completely enclosed enclosure once its current occupant is no longer in there.

Do you think I should move him to the 55 gallon tank I mentioned before?

One of those small circular hydrometers that you stick to the side of the enclosure. I don't even know what a swamp cooler is. Lol I don't know why it's 84 in the house except that it's 78 degrees outside but my house is very well insulated, I have no open windows or doors because I have no...

Ok. Even better! Thanks!

Will he eat them?

I'm going to do as you suggest and remove the food dish and replace the water bowl. It did have a little water in it - it evaporated quicker than I thought it would. It was refilled though between taking the picture (when I noticed how little water there was) and when you answered. I'm also...

I feel foolish. I'm going to take out the food dish and exchange the water dish for a smaller one. Then I'll put some plants in there for him to hide under. Any type you would recommend?

I do turn the light off and I have a Che for night heat but I haven't used it yet because the room temperature at night is around 80 degrees. I thought that was warm enough for night time, but if it isn't I'll definitely start using the Che. I have a hydrometer in the tub near the hide on the...

If I can find some glass or plexiglass I'll cover the whole right side where the hide is in order to keep the humidity in, but it's already at 80 percent (actually most of the room is at about 80 percent) and isn't that a good number for a baby sulcata? All that being said, it still doesn't...

All that being said, if you think a glass tank would be better, I do have a 55 gallon fish tank that I'm not using. It wouldn't be as big going from front to back (only about 12 inches), but it would be 4 feet long and have tall glass walls. The only thing is that I would have to put a layer of...

The ambient room temperature is 84 degrees and as mentioned, where he is sitting it is 95 degrees. As far as being exposed, he has a hide with moistened moss in it, but to be honest I've not seen him in it yet. I thought that even being in the type of enclosure he's in that with those numbers it...

First of all, let me show you a pic of my new baby sulcata. The way I had the powersun mvb 100w before I got the light stand resulted in either a basking temp of 125 or 95 depending on how I did it. Now that I have the stand the basking temp is at 102 degrees and where he's sitting it is about...