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Baby ATB Paradise! Viv Pics and ATB questions!

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Decorating is fun! The only thing I am unsure of is the substrate...what do most people use for ATBs? Aspen or Coconut? Other? I have lots of climbing sticks and the coconut hanging there is hollow so she will have a hide at the top of her cage, which we read they liked. This is just a baby cage of course...when she outgrows it...I am voting for Tokay!

She is coming from Meg F. this week...Here is Meg's picture!
 

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I have heard cypress is good for them but because I don't own one I am just the second hand repeater;) good luck with the little guy!
 
I love the coconut hide!

Since amazons need relativley high humidity, aspen is no good as it will just grow mould as soon as it gets soaked. I use kitchen towel. Thats just a personal preferance though for hygiene purposes.

Also, ATB's like THICK perches. They do not coil perfectly like chondros, so little spindly twiggy perches are really no good. Now, if you criss crossed them and made it REALLY busy, an amazon would love that.

Your new wee baby is luuuuurvley!
 
Tula_Montage said:
I love the coconut hide!

Since amazons need relativley high humidity, aspen is no good as it will just grow mould as soon as it gets soaked. I use kitchen towel. Thats just a personal preferance though for hygiene purposes.

Also, ATB's like THICK perches. They do not coil perfectly like chondros, so little spindly twiggy perches are really no good. Now, if you criss crossed them and made it REALLY busy, an amazon would love that.

Your new wee baby is luuuuurvley!
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Great...just the suggestions I needed! Thanks! I have some other stuff that will work better for the humidity...I was not even thinking of that.
 
Very nice set up and beautiful ATB. I'd get rid of the aspen. I use plain old topsoil, no chemicals added, and put frog moss on top of it. About once every 2 weeks I 'water' the soil if it feels dry. It keeps the humidity up and my guys shed perfect every time.
 
So cool to see more corny people turning onto ATBs, lol!

What a beaut!

I use cypress mulch on all of my tree boas. If needed, I just pour a little water onto the mulch over the heated area for a little steam bath. As mentioned earlier, the aspen gets black mold if you do that - yuck!

Sometimes 2 branches close together, or a plastic grid, can be a comfy spot for the tree boas to hang out. The criss-cross suggestion is good, too.
 
My baby atbs are on paper towels with pipe cleaners twisted together to make little branch thingies.

...not quite as awesome as your setup. When they get older I plan on putting them on cypress mulch.
 
Tula_Montage said:
Since amazons need relativley high humidity, aspen is no good as it will just grow mould as soon as it gets soaked. I use kitchen towel. Thats just a personal preferance though for hygiene purposes.
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We like the paper towel as well... A great hygienic easy to change solution...
If you look at the 3M site, they do absorbent pads for spills.... They are about 2 ft square and about 1/4 of an inch thick... We have them in work for spills, I find them to be the best as they can be cut to the exact size of the viv.... I'll get a product number for the 3M pads when I go into work...
 
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