Hi everyone!
I am having a lot of trouble getting the humidity and heat correct in my enclosure. I have a ZooMed enclosure which after posting on the boards I added plexiglass to so that it would hold in the heat and humidity. The only hole is for my lights. I am using a MVB and a CHE for heat and light but it is not staying stable. I had the lights right on the cage but my temp gun said it was 110 in the basking spot so I raised it. Now it is 90 so I put it back down. The rest of the enclosure is around 85 but dips down to 75 at night. I don't know what to do with all these changes. I feel like I can't get the temp stableized. I do have a hotter CHE I can put in but I am worried that it will make it to warm during the day when the MVB is on. The other thing is that Dizzy always sleeps on the warmer side but never in the basking spot. Usually he digs a whole in the corner and sleeps there. Help would be wonderful.
As for the humidity I had a Repti-Fogger that was working great for 3 days then stopped working so now I am depending on the damp substrate and the plexiglass to keep it covered. I have about 4 inches of coco substrate in it and I keep the bottom wet but dumping in a picture of water every other day. The humidity is still only at 55%! Any suggestions on how to keep it up, I really want Dizzy to keep his smooth shell.
Thank you for the help.
I am having a lot of trouble getting the humidity and heat correct in my enclosure. I have a ZooMed enclosure which after posting on the boards I added plexiglass to so that it would hold in the heat and humidity. The only hole is for my lights. I am using a MVB and a CHE for heat and light but it is not staying stable. I had the lights right on the cage but my temp gun said it was 110 in the basking spot so I raised it. Now it is 90 so I put it back down. The rest of the enclosure is around 85 but dips down to 75 at night. I don't know what to do with all these changes. I feel like I can't get the temp stableized. I do have a hotter CHE I can put in but I am worried that it will make it to warm during the day when the MVB is on. The other thing is that Dizzy always sleeps on the warmer side but never in the basking spot. Usually he digs a whole in the corner and sleeps there. Help would be wonderful.
As for the humidity I had a Repti-Fogger that was working great for 3 days then stopped working so now I am depending on the damp substrate and the plexiglass to keep it covered. I have about 4 inches of coco substrate in it and I keep the bottom wet but dumping in a picture of water every other day. The humidity is still only at 55%! Any suggestions on how to keep it up, I really want Dizzy to keep his smooth shell.
Thank you for the help.