Shorty6
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So, I went to go get a thermostat at this place I called eariler. I get there and all they have is this rheostat. Fail.
So I go to this reptile place and they don't have then either. So I got to thinking...
I ended up buying another mini UTH and a good water bowl from them. I was about to go to Target to just get him set up in a Sterilite tub but thought of another idea...
I drove to this place called "Tap Plastics" and bought a 20x10 piece of plexiglass. Got home, cut out that mesh from the lid and installed it into the lid frame. Fits like a glove. I drilled 10 holes in the top for ventilation.
I also bought supplies to build another rheostat. I put my thermometer prob in the cool side, and adjuested the rheostat to 80 and got it to hold around there. Then moved the probe back to the warm side.
Problem solved!
Oh, and I got a nice surprise, I came back upstairs after eating with the boyfriends family, and Irwin was out and about! I think he's acclimating quite well.
So I go to this reptile place and they don't have then either. So I got to thinking...
I ended up buying another mini UTH and a good water bowl from them. I was about to go to Target to just get him set up in a Sterilite tub but thought of another idea...
I drove to this place called "Tap Plastics" and bought a 20x10 piece of plexiglass. Got home, cut out that mesh from the lid and installed it into the lid frame. Fits like a glove. I drilled 10 holes in the top for ventilation.
I also bought supplies to build another rheostat. I put my thermometer prob in the cool side, and adjuested the rheostat to 80 and got it to hold around there. Then moved the probe back to the warm side.
Problem solved!
Oh, and I got a nice surprise, I came back upstairs after eating with the boyfriends family, and Irwin was out and about! I think he's acclimating quite well.
