Yes the top is covered otherwise this would not be a closed chamber. The slate is buried however it’s not a sharp piece. I disagree that temps are too low - what I showed you were nighttime measurements with two CHE’s running at 100%, my nighttime high directly under the CHE’s gets to around...
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Thanks for jumping in sincerely appreciate all input. Cactus pads were not so small that he was going at them in one bite, I observed him eating and he was chomping at the bigger pieces, not swallowing whole, though I can’t guarantee that he didn’t end up swallowing a piece. As far as switching...
Thanks Tom. 54 grams, weighed 50 grams when I got him on April 1. Pardalis pardalis Limburg lineage from a hobbyist breeder born in January, parents were purchased from Ian Tomich. He was raised in closed chamber 80 ambient temp/humidity with daily soaks. For feeding, no hay, I’m only using the...
Hi Tom, thanks again for this. I’ve had my Leopard hatchling for about a month. After the initial settling in, he’s always been a good eater and active. However he stopped eating 3 days ago, and has become progressively less active to the point that he now pretty much just settles in wherever I...
Domes are 9 inches from the lid at the lowest point, bulbs / che element are 12 inches from the surface, using a 75w incandescent for the primary basking spot, shell-height surface temperatures underneath max out at 97°. After some more thought I’ve gone ahead and added a secondary smaller...
Pardon my mess - here is the full enclosure (I think I’ve made the right side too dark, going to tweak the LED lighting to make that end at least a little brighter as he currently doesn’t seem to have any interest in going over there).
This particular enclosure screen top has a rod running...
Wow good to know about the gorilla glue duck tape - my pond liner is working but ugly/concerned one day he’s gonna find his way between the liner and enclosure. I think I’ll grab some GG duck tape to better secure the liner to the panels for now but I may take another swing at sealing it with...
Sorry for the delayed update - ended up using a pond liner on the bottom and that’s stopped the leaking (I tried silicone but just made a mess out of it). Really happy with how well it’s holding humidity - at least 80% throughout near 100% in some spots. I have a fluorescent bulb for the basking...
Update now that I’ve had it going all day - as I mentioned to Tom, the leaking is annoying and I need to get some sort of liner and/or substrate dams down. This enclosure will definitely hold the heat and humidity that I need but between the extra cost/effort of lining the bottom and getting...
I looked at animal plastics and it was going to cost $200+ for shipping, that’s when I started looking for alternatives, but if I could do it again I’d probably go the AP route. This is definitely going to hold the humidity and temp I need but the leaking is annoying, also annoyed at myself for...
Dubia.com offers a very reasonably priced 6x2x2 which I have modified to be a closed chamber for my leopard hatchling. I taped up the seams with hvac tape, and fixed a 6 x 2 acrylic sheet that I ordered from Home Depot to completely cover the screen top. It’s leaking a little water from the...