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Exo Terra Terrarium Project
- Thread starter celawlor
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backafter30
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Looks very nice. I love natural looking habitats. For the animals well-being, however, it needs a couple of hides. Maybe cover the sides for a bit more privacy? What's going in it?
I am having real trouble with the pics, unfortunately. There are four hides and it is for a tessera corn. Two hides are on the ground and two in the "tree". I will try adding more pictures.
This is the "cave":
Another, with my awesome triceratops skull:
And another:
One of the two tree hides (hard to see behind the leaves):
Substrate (layer of damp coconut on bottom with repti bark on top to keep Betsy dry):
For Betsy:
This is the "cave":
Another, with my awesome triceratops skull:
And another:
One of the two tree hides (hard to see behind the leaves):
Substrate (layer of damp coconut on bottom with repti bark on top to keep Betsy dry):
For Betsy:
The cave is the warm hide so I have a combo meter in there, one on the opposite on the bottom and one in the tree. She's had a couple of bad sheds with the low winter humidity so I put the wet coconut on the bottom to lift humidity.
Her favorite place to be is in the tree in the left hide, or on top of it. She spends more time climbing around in the tree than any other place.
Cool side on right is about 73, warm side in the cave is 86 and the right hide in the tree is about 78.
Her favorite place to be is in the tree in the left hide, or on top of it. She spends more time climbing around in the tree than any other place.
Cool side on right is about 73, warm side in the cave is 86 and the right hide in the tree is about 78.
Jessicat
All Pied Everything
Looks pretty sweet! Just a little warning that corns usually utilize ground space much more than vertical. You never know though... sometimes you get a corn that thinks it's an arboreal! For best results (aka not having your corn hide in the corner 24/7) place it in an area of the house that is dark, or find something to drape over the tank. Corns aren't huge fans of light.
The lights in the hood are flourecent sunlight bulbs. I did debate that decision but my goal was to mimic the corn snake natural environment. I carefully placed the leaves/branches so that the floor had dappled sunlight with an intentional small "soak" area on top of the warm rock. Are there signs that I would see if she doesn't seem to appreciate the light?
Right now, I am using a red heat lamp overnight to keep her favorite hide warm. Do the blue lights you mentioned produce heat?
Right now, I am using a red heat lamp overnight to keep her favorite hide warm. Do the blue lights you mentioned produce heat?