-
Hello!
Either you have not registered on this site yet, or you are registered but have not logged in. In either case, you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site until you have registered, and then logged in after your registration has been approved.
Registration is FREE, so please register so you can participate instead of remaining a lurker....
Please be certain that the location field is correctly filled out when you register. All registrations that appear to be bogus will be rejected. Which means that if your location field does NOT match the actual location of your registration IP address, then your registration will be rejected.
Sorry about the strictness of this requirement, but it is necessary to block spammers and scammers at the door as much as possible.
there is a dent!!!!!!
- Thread starter manteca
- Start date
Axe
Hideously Addicted!
Stick the water bowl on the warm end of the enclosure, or stick in a moist hide like I did with my leopard geckos...
Making a moist hide
You can make it bigger or smaller depending on the size of your snake. If you find he's hanging out in there a lot, then the humidity is a problem.
Usually putting a water bowl on the warm end will raise this a little.
What kind of enclosure is he in? If it's a mesh cage, get it outta there asap.
1) Mesh cages ain't exactly great for keeping in the humidity in an air-conditioned room.
2) He could've damaged his eye on the mesh.
If it's a glass tank or a plastic tub, then you should be ok.
I use 12qt rubbermaid snaptoppers for my lil guys. They'll be good in there til they're about 18" long or so. I just drilled holes in the side for air, and they're doing good. Having a solid lid on the top helps keep the humidity up a lil too - as opposed to a mesh/screen lid on a glass tank.
Making a moist hide
You can make it bigger or smaller depending on the size of your snake. If you find he's hanging out in there a lot, then the humidity is a problem.
Usually putting a water bowl on the warm end will raise this a little.
What kind of enclosure is he in? If it's a mesh cage, get it outta there asap.
1) Mesh cages ain't exactly great for keeping in the humidity in an air-conditioned room.
2) He could've damaged his eye on the mesh.
If it's a glass tank or a plastic tub, then you should be ok.
I use 12qt rubbermaid snaptoppers for my lil guys. They'll be good in there til they're about 18" long or so. I just drilled holes in the side for air, and they're doing good. Having a solid lid on the top helps keep the humidity up a lil too - as opposed to a mesh/screen lid on a glass tank.
okiedokie
i have a glass cage with a screen door on top ( i dont exactly know what a mesh cage is ) i will try the waterbowl in the warm part. and i was wondering about putting like a piece of newspaper over the top, covering only a part of the top ( screen). tang (my corn snake with a dent ) is about to shed soon, his eyes are turning opaque and the sheckered marks on his tummy is not as sharp as they usually are. so i will try the bowl thing tonight, and if putting the newspaper on the top is a bad idea then i wont do it (obviously!
)
thanx for all the help!!!
: )
i have a glass cage with a screen door on top ( i dont exactly know what a mesh cage is ) i will try the waterbowl in the warm part. and i was wondering about putting like a piece of newspaper over the top, covering only a part of the top ( screen). tang (my corn snake with a dent ) is about to shed soon, his eyes are turning opaque and the sheckered marks on his tummy is not as sharp as they usually are. so i will try the bowl thing tonight, and if putting the newspaper on the top is a bad idea then i wont do it (obviously!
) thanx for all the help!!!
: )
Filovirus
But you can call me Bob..
Don't worry too much.... i posted this some time ago.. notices that my corn had what looked like a dent in his eye.. i heard him fall the previous night... i asked about and was told that it should sort itself out at the next shed.. as it happened Kellogg (the corn) had shed the previous week so i was a little unsure how long it would take to shed again... in the end i noticed that about 3 days later it had corrected itself.. and seemed to cause no stress to the animal..
