This morning I was doing some reading back on some of @Tom 's threads about temps and humidity in burrows and I was curious about Odin's 3 favorite hide spots in his new enclosure.
Here is the overall pic of the set-up for reference (with him jealously guarding the few remains of food in his food dish):
When we first moved him in, he chose the far back left corner of the greenhouse , behind a tall stand of dandelion and shown through the haze of humidity shortly after it's morning misting:
The humidity in the greenhouse fluctuates between 86 and 99% and the temps between 79 and 88 degrees. So that burrowing spot made sense to me.
The other 2 hide spots are both in the cactus wing, the first is the concrete dome we made for him and used in his last enclosure:
This box has the basking light on for most of the day and the CHE set on a thermostat. The furthest areas from the light set-up can drop as low as 76 at night and under the lights fluctuates between 85 and 112 degrees.
The temps in the dome are steadily a bit lower than the rest of the box, at 72-75 degrees with moderate humidity.
But the one I find most unusual is the dugout he has created underneath the ramp:
I have temped this area as low as 69 with low humidity. With all the toasty and humid areas in the greenhouse and in the median climate box, I thought it unusual. I fully expected him to burrow behind the big spider plant in the median box, where the temps are more similar to the greenhouse temps at 78-84 and the humidity ranges from 50-70%.
I'm glad that the enclosure developed so many different micro climates (it was the plan after all) and that he is utilizing them at his leisure, I guess I just expected him to make the greenhouse his main burrowing area rather than gravitating so often to the cooler and less humid areas.
Here is the overall pic of the set-up for reference (with him jealously guarding the few remains of food in his food dish):
When we first moved him in, he chose the far back left corner of the greenhouse , behind a tall stand of dandelion and shown through the haze of humidity shortly after it's morning misting:
The humidity in the greenhouse fluctuates between 86 and 99% and the temps between 79 and 88 degrees. So that burrowing spot made sense to me.
The other 2 hide spots are both in the cactus wing, the first is the concrete dome we made for him and used in his last enclosure:
This box has the basking light on for most of the day and the CHE set on a thermostat. The furthest areas from the light set-up can drop as low as 76 at night and under the lights fluctuates between 85 and 112 degrees.
The temps in the dome are steadily a bit lower than the rest of the box, at 72-75 degrees with moderate humidity.
But the one I find most unusual is the dugout he has created underneath the ramp:
I have temped this area as low as 69 with low humidity. With all the toasty and humid areas in the greenhouse and in the median climate box, I thought it unusual. I fully expected him to burrow behind the big spider plant in the median box, where the temps are more similar to the greenhouse temps at 78-84 and the humidity ranges from 50-70%.
I'm glad that the enclosure developed so many different micro climates (it was the plan after all) and that he is utilizing them at his leisure, I guess I just expected him to make the greenhouse his main burrowing area rather than gravitating so often to the cooler and less humid areas.