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06-24-12, 09:09 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
A large phillips head screw. Not fancy, but it keeps them in.
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06-24-12, 09:25 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
If it works well it doesn't have to be fancy.
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06-26-12, 08:14 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
What do you guys think about humidifiers? Maybe not for the large well built enclosures but for a temporary smaller one that doesn't hold humidity as well.
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06-26-12, 09:10 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
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What do you guys think about humidifiers? Maybe not for the large well built enclosures but for a temporary smaller one that doesn't hold humidity as well.
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Waste of time, I tried it.
From what I have been told by very reliable and credible sources is that these lizard gather their water from what they eat, and then conserve the water by burrowing into the soil.
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06-26-12, 10:11 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
Glad I asked. Saves me like $50. and time.
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06-26-12, 10:16 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
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Glad I asked. Saves me like $50. and time.
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Money and time that would be far better used to work on the proper enclosure. 
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06-26-12, 10:22 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
Yep. Don't worry. As soon as I move in August I am going to have it done within a week. purchasing the stuff before I move.
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06-27-12, 06:28 AM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
What Wayne said is so true,what alot of husbandry was based on was observations of monitors in the wild.The very fact you can't observe monitors underground,a large percentage of many monitors lives in the wild was ignored.A fault of humans is basing things on what they see,if they don't see it it's not important.Deep substrate is important not because it's just one approach but because it's a tool monitors use in the wild,even species people like to label as aquatic or arboreal.It's a tool for a monitor whether there from the desert or tropical forest.
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06-27-12, 08:23 AM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
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What Wayne said is so true,what alot of husbandry was based on was observations of monitors in the wild.The very fact you can't observe monitors underground,a large percentage of many monitors lives in the wild was ignored.A fault of humans is basing things on what they see,if they don't see it it's not important.Deep substrate is important not because it's just one approach but because it's a tool monitors use in the wild,even species people like to label as aquatic or arboreal.It's a tool for a monitor whether there from the desert or tropical forest.
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Times like these I wish we had the like button....
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06-28-12, 12:44 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
So I noticed a little bit of mold growing on the piece of wood on the cooler side (which is also the more humid side) of my enclosure. I turned the dirt and took the piece of wood out immediately and washed it off.
Does anybody know a good way to prevent this? Most other websites say lower the humidity and keep it really dry which isn't an option here.
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06-28-12, 02:38 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
Where did the wood come from? Is it possible it had some fungus on it before it went into the enclosure and that this has just spread?
The reason i ask is that my GTP viv is kept at 70-90% humidity and has wood items in there that have never molded 
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06-28-12, 05:32 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
It came from a pet store. So it is possible. Is your entire enclosure lit? Because mine is darker around that piece of wood
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06-28-12, 06:18 PM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
so put a florescent light over there and brighten it up.
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06-29-12, 03:38 AM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
Mine has NO light in it whatsoever, just natural light from the room it is in. The wood covers a lot of the viv from the brightest to the darkest areas
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06-29-12, 04:14 AM
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Re: Monitor enclosure discussion thread
The wood was outside in the sun and mold still managed to grow on it and Oregon is not that humid and it was a nice day. It must have been the wood. I will just find a different piece.
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