Django the Nile Monitor

[Vegasarah]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

I would have kept the dogs in the viv and let the monitor run loose

If I didn't live in a desert with single-digit humidity all year long I would also love to let him run loose! Short trips outside the enclosure are okay but I never let him out for more than an hour or two at the most. I'm very careful with providing high humidity at all times!

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by Vegasarah

If I didn't live in a desert with single-digit humidity all year long I would also love to let him run loose! Short trips outside the enclosure are okay but I never let him out for more than an hour or two at the most. I'm very careful with providing high humidity at all times!

Hi, why do you believe you need to provide constant high humidity (is that throughout the enclosure), and what range is it?

[Vegasarah]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi, why do you believe you need to provide constant high humidity (is that throughout the enclosure), and what range is it?

It's around 80% on the cool side but right under the basking light where it drops down to around 20%. Middle is probably somewhere between 40% - 70%?

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by Vegasarah

It's around 80% on the cool side but right under the basking light where it drops down to around 20%. Middle is probably somewhere between 40% - 70%?

That humidity range is fine, I wasn`t sure if you were trying to get a specific figure throughout the enclosure which would be extremely unlikely (impossible even), but if you had managed hopefully you`d have shared the secret!?

[Vegasarah]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

That humidity range is fine, I wasn`t sure if you were trying to get a specific figure throughout the enclosure which would be extremely unlikely (impossible even), but if you had managed hopefully you`d have shared the secret!?

Been thinking about adding some organic untreated peat moss on top- that stuff holds humidity really well without things getting moldy. I have a few pictures I want to share of his new enclosure even though it's not 100% finished yet. The reason I had to make the move early was because I was anticipating the arrival of my new Sumatran Water Monitor baby! I knew a girl that rescued him but thinks that I will be a better home for him. So I cleared Django out of his old enclosure and into his new one and got it ready for the new baby. I also have a little Savannah baby and am getting a yellow ackie at the beginning of next month. Very exciting stuff!

[murrindindi]

Originally Posted by Vegasarah

Been thinking about adding some organic untreated peat moss on top- that stuff holds humidity really well without things getting moldy. I have a few pictures I want to share of his new enclosure even though it's not 100% finished yet. The reason I had to make the move early was because I was anticipating the arrival of my new Sumatran Water Monitor baby! I knew a girl that rescued him but thinks that I will be a better home for him. So I cleared Django out of his old enclosure and into his new one and got it ready for the new baby. I also have a little Savannah baby and am getting a yellow ackie at the beginning of next month. Very exciting stuff!

I like the look of that enclosure (well done), what`s the plant material on the left?
When are you getting the Water monitor, and how soon can you show a few pics??

[Vegasarah]

Originally Posted by murrindindi

I like the look of that enclosure (well done), what`s the plant material on the left?
When are you getting the Water monitor, and how soon can you show a few pics??

It's actually like a plastic 'carpet' of grass. Similar to artificial turf but with big 'leaves'. It's like a ground cover for over there while I build the water feature that will go there instead.

Here's the water monitor picture, I just got her(?) on Sunday! I love her already! I'm going to make another thread for her because I do have a few questions about their care.