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Old 04-06-13, 02:30 PM   #1
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Re: The mangrove eating shrimp

lol ok.. that works, i like to pet mine though lol.. he still hisses and backs away
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He is a very pretty monitor. Yeah, if water touches a bulb (moist dirt too) then the rapid cooling of the bulb surface can cause it to shatter. Halogen bulbs being cooler and more sturdy are less likely to break like this.
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He is a very pretty monitor. Yeah, if water touches a bulb (moist dirt too) then the rapid cooling of the bulb surface can cause it to shatter. Halogen bulbs being cooler and more sturdy are less likely to break like this.
Ah makes sense. I just thought he hit it really hard or something lol He has the same 'travel route' EVERY time. Warm side hide , nice and muddy. Or basking spot nice and muddy. He sees me, jets across the front of the cage to the cool side hide. Tunnels under the leaves (as if I cant see him lol). Then he pokes his head out eventually, hops in the water pool and back to his warm side hide.

Point of the story is, I only see his true colors if I catch him in the last part of his routine after going for a swim lol.

Also, theres quite a few ants in the cage I noticed. (not hundreds or anything, maybe like 40 or 50 and I squish the ones I see). Anyways I placed a mouse in there the other day and the ants went all over it. So now I leave his mouse floating in his water dish, ants can't swim :-P lol
Not gonna stress it I have to take the cage apart and rebuild it in 2 weeks anyways.
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Old 04-09-13, 03:22 PM   #4
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the ants are not hurting anything. They are excellent cleanup insects too.
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the ants are not hurting anything. They are excellent cleanup insects too.
Yea I just didn't want them to eat the mouse, it bothered me I wasn't trying to feed them haha.





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