Bought my corn and milk a nice 4 x 2 viv each. They seemed cramped in their old 3ft x 15". This was 5 months ago and still they sit in their cold hides. Never out. I feel like buying plastic snakes to put in the vivs At least I would have something to look at.
Its almost like they are attached to the cold hide by and invisible string. They come out to eat, which they do fortnightly, then straight back to the cold hide. The corn come half out for a drink when I change his water but then recoils back to the hide. The milk will occasionally be seen in his moss box which is about 12" from his cold hide . The corn venture on to his wooden shelf directly above his cold hide but this is a rare thing and is seen only once a month maybe if you are lucky enough.
The temperatures are at what they were in their old vivs. The cold end sits at 22c during the day dropping to 20c-21c at night, just the natural room temperature drop. The warm end sits at 29c directly on top of the mat.
I have played around with temps hoping this would sort things out. Tried lowering it to 27C and been up to as high as 33-34cc in vary stages but nothing. I have also tried upping the air temperature using an infrared bulb but this had no affect on the corn at all. The milk popped across to investigate the guarded bulb and then back to the cold hide. I have even had the corn out and put him into the warm hid but out he comes straight back to the cold hide.
The hides are the same ones they had in their old vivs I have added extra wood and greenery to these vivs as they are larger.
In their old vivs you would see them move between hides regularly and they would be seen just having a general move around the viv, nosing at the glass having a little climb about, which is why I bought these larger vivs. Thought they would welcome the extra room.
I have done my best to give them better housing while I now feel like I am living in a shoe box, they are just so ungrateful its unreal
Its almost like they are attached to the cold hide by and invisible string. They come out to eat, which they do fortnightly, then straight back to the cold hide. The corn come half out for a drink when I change his water but then recoils back to the hide. The milk will occasionally be seen in his moss box which is about 12" from his cold hide . The corn venture on to his wooden shelf directly above his cold hide but this is a rare thing and is seen only once a month maybe if you are lucky enough.
The temperatures are at what they were in their old vivs. The cold end sits at 22c during the day dropping to 20c-21c at night, just the natural room temperature drop. The warm end sits at 29c directly on top of the mat.
I have played around with temps hoping this would sort things out. Tried lowering it to 27C and been up to as high as 33-34cc in vary stages but nothing. I have also tried upping the air temperature using an infrared bulb but this had no affect on the corn at all. The milk popped across to investigate the guarded bulb and then back to the cold hide. I have even had the corn out and put him into the warm hid but out he comes straight back to the cold hide.
The hides are the same ones they had in their old vivs I have added extra wood and greenery to these vivs as they are larger.
In their old vivs you would see them move between hides regularly and they would be seen just having a general move around the viv, nosing at the glass having a little climb about, which is why I bought these larger vivs. Thought they would welcome the extra room.
I have done my best to give them better housing while I now feel like I am living in a shoe box, they are just so ungrateful its unreal
