Baby retic will not eat.

[Wildside]

Originally Posted by Shadow1014

I got him when he was 3 weeks old. He now is about 9 weeks old. I've have him for around 6 weeks. He's in an aquarium with fresh water everyday, heat lamp, a hide and good humidity. I have been offering food at least once a week. Never once has he been very interested.

He probably does not have good humidity if you are using a heat lamp

[Shadow1014]

Originally Posted by Wildside

He probably does not have good humidity if you are using a heat lamp

what other than a heat lamp should I use?

[Lankyrob]

Originally Posted by Shadow1014

what other than a heat lamp should I use?

heat lamps per se are not an issue, it does depend on the whole enclosure tho. I use ceramic heat lamps inside solid wooden vivariums and have no humidity issues. With an aquarium with a semi open top then the heat lamp WILL cause humdity to disappear.

[Wildside]

Originally Posted by Shadow1014

what other than a heat lamp should I use?

You can continue to use your lamp, you'll just need to find a way to bring up the humidity as LankyRob explained. I could be wrong but from your initial post I'm assuming the "Pet Shop" probably help you get set up and you're doing the glass cage with screentop thing, right?

[Shadow1014]

Originally Posted by Wildside

You can continue to use your lamp, you'll just need to find a way to bring up the humidity as LankyRob explained. I could be wrong but from your initial post I'm assuming the "Pet Shop" probably help you get set up and you're doing the glass cage with screentop thing, right?

Yes, i do have the screen top. I have a folded towel on one end (on top of the screen) and the heat lamp on the other side. Every so often during the day I spray room temp. water from a spray bottle. This seems to help with humidity along with the light.

[marvelfreak]

Originally Posted by Shadow1014

what other than a heat lamp should I use?

UTH under tank heater or heat pad.