Baby new cage but his digging

[twosidedwolf]

So we made baby rango a new cage 500m wide 500m wide and 1.2m high temps are 23c and humidity is 50% but when we him in he stared digging he ate 13, crickets already so I don't know if he just stress because it a new cage or what

 

[twosidedwolf]

 

[twosidedwolf]

So he stop digging he just chilling now on top of the plants and the sticks

 

[MissSkittles]

Hi. I know we’ve gone over this before, but are you 110% certain the he’s a he? Can you humor me and post some clear current pics of Rango, please?

 

[twosidedwolf]

Hi. I know we’ve gone over this before, but are you 110% certain the he’s a he? Can you humor me and post some clear current pics of Rango, please?

 

[twosidedwolf]

Latest one we have

 

[MzLaurie]

Don’t worry they all act strange in new habitats. No lights yet I see. Can’t go too
Long without heat and uvb too. Or are they there and I am just missing them? With me, anything is possible!

 

[MzLaurie]

Btw those big thick branches are going to be hard for rtango to hold onto. The guide is nothing thicker then your thumb unless it’s being used for structure to hold up something heavy.

 

[MzLaurie]

Oh eating 13 crickets right out of the gate means he likes his new hunting grounds. Good job

 

[twosidedwolf]

Don’t worry they all act strange in new habitats. No lights yet I see. Can’t go too
Long without heat and uvb too. Or are they there and I am just missing them? With me, anything is possible!

The lights are inside will send the new light we got tonight reason no uvb and it was there is because he was outside and we only use the uvb ATM because it summer here and temps are reaching 32 c so if we put on the heating lamp the temps get to hot

 

[twosidedwolf]

Oh eating 13 crickets right out of the gate means he likes his new hunting grounds. Good job

Yeah he loves it he even started eating out the bowl if we have it in our hands so the trust got alot better

 

[twosidedwolf]

Btw those big thick branches are going to be hard for rtango to hold onto. The guide is nothing thicker then your thumb unless it’s being used for structure to hold up something heavy.

I'm going to use them to hold later more plant I want to put into his enclosure more plants the better

 

[MissSkittles]

Yup! He is certainly a he. Thanks for humoring me. His enclosure is bioactive? Do you have a good leaf litter to cover the soil and isopods? I like to give my isopods a decent sized chunk of cork bark to hide beneath too. Once my chams learn they are living with bugs, they think it’s an all you can eat buffet and are always hunting the poor roly polies.
I like providing branches of all varying diameters, like they would find in a tree…exercises the mitten muscles.

 

[twosidedwolf]

Don’t worry they all act strange in new habitats. No lights yet I see. Can’t go too
Long without heat and uvb too. Or are they there and I am just missing them? With me, anything is possible!

 

[twosidedwolf]

Yup! He is certainly a he. Thanks for humoring me. His enclosure is bioactive? Do you have a good leaf litter to cover the soil and isopods? I like to give my isopods a decent sized chunk of cork bark to hide beneath too. Once my chams learn they are living with bugs, they think it’s an all you can eat buffet and are always hunting the poor roly polies.
I like providing branches of all varying diameters, like they would find in a tree…exercises the mitten muscles.

I need to get new isopods old one got out old enclosure so going to get new ones

 

[twosidedwolf]

I need to get new isopods old one got out old enclosure so going to get new ones

The uvb light

 

[ERKleRose]

The uvb light

So that is a T8 bulb with no reflector, which sadly doesn’t do much, if anything at all, especially with a 5.0 bulb
This is what you want to get, either from this link or if you can find it near you/another website that can get it to you quicker:
https://www.desertcart.co.za/produc...-t-5-uvb-d-3-forest-6-uv-b-24-single-lamp-kit (This is the minimum length for an adult cage, but if you place the fixture diagonally or will have a 3 ft long adult cage, get the 36”/870mm 39 watt kit, or the 48” /1,170mm 54 watt kit if his adult cage will be 4 ft long or longer- whichever length you decide, make sure it’s still a 6% bulb)

 

[ERKleRose]

This the other option if you can’t get Arcadia/if this is available near you
https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/223976397-reptisun-t-5-ho-terrarium-hood-24-inch
https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/2489758-zoo-med-repti-sun-5-0-ho-t-5-uvb-lamp-22-l-24-watts

 

[Beman]

So we made baby rango a new cage 500m wide 500m wide and 1.2m high temps are 23c and humidity is 50% but when we him in he stared digging he ate 13, crickets already so I don't know if he just stress because it a new cage or what
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I see you built this on an exoterra glass bottom. That vent strip below the doors on the exo terra. Is that covered inside or is your top layer well below the strip? If it is covered you need to pull that substrate off the vent strip. You have to be able to pull the air through.