We upgraded Opal’s enclosure to 4ft X 4ft about 2 weeks ago. I am concerned that the stress of seeing her reflection in the walls will adversely affect her health. We sealed the wood with a brown liquid pond liner. It is shiny. I see her pacing the wall and can hear her shell bumping against the wood occasionally. She is looking at her reflection while she is doing this.
Here are the temps/ humidity
Basking is 100 degrees under a 65 watt incandescent flood bulb
Daytime temps 79 degrees in corners and up to 85 in warmest area in the middle
Night time lights and heat are off so it can drop to 73 degrees which is our house temp.
UV is an Arcadia HO T5 6% tube light. I used a solar meter to set the height. Out put is at 3. This is on the same timer as the lights so it’s on 6am to 6pm.
Humidity. I have one hygrometer probe set at shell height on the middle of a wall nearest the basking bulb. It is maintained to be above 70% and is often in the low 80s. For 2 weeks I have been using a hand held thermometer/hygrometer placed in the middle. I don’t know how accurate the hygrometer is but there it will read lower than the wall unit but always above 60%.
Opal continues to grow. She has gained 17 grams in the past 4 weeks.
Should I rough up the surface of the epoxy? Or will she get used to this?
Here are the temps/ humidity
Basking is 100 degrees under a 65 watt incandescent flood bulb
Daytime temps 79 degrees in corners and up to 85 in warmest area in the middle
Night time lights and heat are off so it can drop to 73 degrees which is our house temp.
UV is an Arcadia HO T5 6% tube light. I used a solar meter to set the height. Out put is at 3. This is on the same timer as the lights so it’s on 6am to 6pm.
Humidity. I have one hygrometer probe set at shell height on the middle of a wall nearest the basking bulb. It is maintained to be above 70% and is often in the low 80s. For 2 weeks I have been using a hand held thermometer/hygrometer placed in the middle. I don’t know how accurate the hygrometer is but there it will read lower than the wall unit but always above 60%.
Opal continues to grow. She has gained 17 grams in the past 4 weeks.
Should I rough up the surface of the epoxy? Or will she get used to this?
