Housing AGAIN

[trusty]

SO I have a large sort of toy box for my leopard,,, I know I need a larger one but she is fine at the mo,, I put her out in a LARGE penned off area when its hot which it has been,, BUT my question IS - hot end is approx 32c and cold end is approx 24c.. cool end is covered with some sphagnum moss in and her water and I spray it 3/4 times a day and my humidity this end is usually 70-80% SO will that be ok opposed to putting her in a vivarium or totally covered house which I didn;t really want to do??? She spends MOST her time the hot end and doesn;t often go the cooler end unless she goes for her drink,, although the other day she did drag all the moss around everywhere

 

[Greg T]

You will get answer for both covered and not. I think your temps are good, about the same as mine. I don't have a fully covered enclosure, but I do spray and try to keep the humidity high like you are doing also. So far it is working well, but it is more work to stay on top of things.

 

[ascott]

She spends MOST her time the hot end and doesn;t often go the cooler end

This may be taken as an indicator that other than the basking spot the remainder of the enclosure may be a touch too cool.....have you checked temps in the "middle ground" and then in the cool end....in the cool end you don't run high humidity right?

 

[trusty]

She spends MOST her time the hot end and doesn;t often go the cooler end

This may be taken as an indicator that other than the basking spot the remainder of the enclosure may be a touch too cool.....have you checked temps in the "middle ground" and then in the cool end....in the cool end you don't run high humidity right?

YES I have basking light one end and cool end with high humidity... which is what I thought was correct??? Is it not? Cool end is right now 23.3 celcius

 

[mchong9606]

Cool end of 23 degrees Celsius (73 Fahrenheit) is in my opinion too low with humidity. Should be 27 degrees Celsius.

 

[trusty]

Cool end of 23 degrees Celsius (73 Fahrenheit) is in my opinion too low with humidity. Should be 27 degrees Celsius.

OOH so should I put the che heather on facing that direction during the day aswell as the UV heat bulb??