Two new faces - Page 2

shaunyboy · 01-19-12, 10:32 AM

hello and welcome

cheers shaun

Kayla90 · 01-19-12, 12:08 PM

Welcome to the forum

I was just wondering, how do you pronounce her name exactly? She's a very pretty looking rainbow

alessia55 · 01-19-12, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Kayla90

Welcome to the forum

I was just wondering, how do you pronounce her name exactly? She's a very pretty looking rainbow

have you never seen The Jungle Book? If she meant it the same way it should be Bah-Gee-Ra

theapexgerman · 01-19-12, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by alessia55

have you never seen The Jungle Book? If she meant it the same way it should be Bah-Gee-Ra

what was the name of the snake in the jungle book he was cool

and on topic welcome to the forum nice looking snake have a good time here

alessia55 · 01-19-12, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by theapexgerman

what was the name of the snake in the jungle book he was cool

and on topic welcome to the forum nice looking snake have a good time here

the snake from the Jungle Book is Kaa!

and Bagheera

theapexgerman · 01-19-12, 01:52 PM

kaa he's a badass snake

C5Chris · 01-19-12, 09:07 PM

Wow that is a gorgeous snake!

I love Rainbows for the irredescance but I have to say their faces are pretty cute too. Mine looks so goofy it makes me laugh all the time

Kayla90 · 01-19-12, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by alessia55

have you never seen The Jungle Book? If she meant it the same way it should be Bah-Gee-Ra

Well of course I've seen it... Just not in yeeeaaars ... at least 10.. at least.

Snakesitter · 01-20-12, 05:19 PM

Welcome, Alesis. Bagheera looks very nice!

A rainbow not shedding in one piece *can* be a sign of low humidity, so keep an eye on those levels.

Again, welcome!

Alesis · 01-22-12, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

Hi and welcome. What a gorgeous snake! Also, you look kind of familiar. You don't happen to live in Colorado, do you?

I live in Charlotte but I nearly moved to Colorado not long ago for college. Interesting coincidence.

Thanks for the warm welcome and praise to my new pride and joy. Yes, it is pronounced like Ba-geer-uh in Jungle Book. :P And indeed her markings are dark due to her being of the Peruvian locale. She is doing well in her first week, although she does hide for a good amount of her time. I've only really seen her out and about once but I hope once she gets more comfortable and a decent meal in her she will get a bit more active.

I do have a question regarding humidity.. I've found the only way to keep it up is by spraying a few times a day. The viv is heated with a human heat pad set at medium. The temperature is around 83 on the warm and 75 on the cool with a relative humidity of 90% post spritz that drops to 70% within a few hours of me spraying. She's in a rubbermaid container with three small 1 cm holes drilled in the lid for limited ventilation. Her substrate is cocohusk and she has a decently sized waterbowl with large surface area. I understand that as a youngster she needs very high humidity and I thought those factors would help maintain the humidity for longer than a few hours. Is there anything I'm doing wrong or am I fretting for no reason?

BarelyBreathing · 01-22-12, 11:48 PM

Too funny. Again, nice to meet you.

Snakesitter · 01-23-12, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Alesis

I do have a question regarding humidity.. I've found the only way to keep it up is by spraying a few times a day. The viv is heated with a human heat pad set at medium. The temperature is around 83 on the warm and 75 on the cool with a relative humidity of 90% post spritz that drops to 70% within a few hours of me spraying. She's in a rubbermaid container with three small 1 cm holes drilled in the lid for limited ventilation. Her substrate is cocohusk and she has a decently sized waterbowl with large surface area. I understand that as a youngster she needs very high humidity and I thought those factors would help maintain the humidity for longer than a few hours. Is there anything I'm doing wrong or am I fretting for no reason?

Your setup sounds fine for humidity. It's perfectly OK to have a slightly lower humidity level in the general cage, so long as the animal has a higher-humidity area to retreat to. In most cses, the moist moss hide fills that slot, and most rainbows spend most of their days curled up inside that hide. If you do not have a moist hide yet, add one and you should be fine! (The only other suggestion I could make is to cover one of the three holes and see if that makes a difference.) Good luck!