Thanks for reading!!
I'll post some pictures first since everyone loves those!
Our new sav and his/her enclosure(36" L x 15" W x 24" tall?):
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one hide, a water bowl that won't work for long, and some mealworms:
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one with Mak in it:
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and one with Mak basking:
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I have a few questions, but my main one is this....the store we bought him from suggested this tank, but I'm not a fan of the screen top. The analog humidity gauge has been at about 45% but I haven't checked the substrate yet..we got a handheld gauge today. What should the ambient/substrate humidity be at, ideally? And really, will a screen top cage ever achieve that? We do have about 5 days left to return this cage if needed, but the only alternative at that store is a vision cage which is about 4x as much around $400. It is one large plastic piece and much better for humidity, but costly. Also, we plan on using this tank for a good while until he is about 1 to 1.5 feet long, or until we move. So, we planned with growth in mind, but don't want to totally go for the full boat yet(at which point I'm doing 12x4x4!! screw 8ft!)
PS as you can see, we place a thin piece of plastic along most of the top(bright green). That fits perfectly as far as blocking the screen, but it's not air tight or "sealed"...
Other question: we gave him a pinky the day we got him(W). The next day(Th) we gave him a pinky(which he ate) and some crickets, which as far as we can tell he hasn't eaten. He has come across them, but hasn't eaten any. We added mealworms today(Sat) which is what the store had been feeding, but only a few hours ago. Pinky tomorrow! I was just surprised he didn't eat the crickets?
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