JCDenton
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I've got a little panther a bit over 3 months old coming soon, and I'd like to make sure I've got everything right. Thanks to Jannb who helped me out and provided me with all the info I needed.
-sticks were sanded a bit to get the debris off, scrubbed with dawn soap and water, then baked at 300f
-plants were rinsed in soap/water, repotted, and have the soil covered with rocks which I also baked. They are a pothos and a schleffera. There's actually a lot more plant/branches than show up well in this photo, but the camera on my Droid takes all the depth out of it. Also, the schleffera is a bit droopy after repotting. It's actually pretty huge but I turned it away from the front of the cage so that the sides could help support the droopy branches.
-other things in the cage are a couple of biovines, a fake vine with leaves, and the probes for my hygrometer/thermometer
-bulb is a reptisun 5.0. I have a bendy clamp light that I'm going to put a basking bulb in (i bought a 52 watt regular light bulb)
-I'll probably add a dripper depending on how the humidity tracks.
-without the basking light, the temp is usually in low/mid 70's. Learned my first lessons when I misted it for the first time tonight: use warm water...the room temp water I used made the temp plummet by over 10 degrees! Glad I tried that without a chameleon in there.
-Cage is 24x24x48 aluminum screen cage but I raised the floor so that it's only about 30 inches tall.
-I have all the appropriate supps and I know what schedule to use them on.
-There are 3 ways for him to get off the cage floor and back up into the plants.
Any suggestions are appreciated. Also, I'm guessing it's NOT gonna be a good idea to free range his feeders since the cage is a bit large for a baby and it's densely planted. So I'd like suggestions on what to use for a feeding cup.I may just make him a little baby bin and feed him in that, then put him back in the big cage. The pothos is smaller than I'd like but it was the best I could find, hopefully it grows fast
-sticks were sanded a bit to get the debris off, scrubbed with dawn soap and water, then baked at 300f
-plants were rinsed in soap/water, repotted, and have the soil covered with rocks which I also baked. They are a pothos and a schleffera. There's actually a lot more plant/branches than show up well in this photo, but the camera on my Droid takes all the depth out of it. Also, the schleffera is a bit droopy after repotting. It's actually pretty huge but I turned it away from the front of the cage so that the sides could help support the droopy branches.
-other things in the cage are a couple of biovines, a fake vine with leaves, and the probes for my hygrometer/thermometer
-bulb is a reptisun 5.0. I have a bendy clamp light that I'm going to put a basking bulb in (i bought a 52 watt regular light bulb)
-I'll probably add a dripper depending on how the humidity tracks.
-without the basking light, the temp is usually in low/mid 70's. Learned my first lessons when I misted it for the first time tonight: use warm water...the room temp water I used made the temp plummet by over 10 degrees! Glad I tried that without a chameleon in there.
-Cage is 24x24x48 aluminum screen cage but I raised the floor so that it's only about 30 inches tall.
-I have all the appropriate supps and I know what schedule to use them on.
-There are 3 ways for him to get off the cage floor and back up into the plants.
Any suggestions are appreciated. Also, I'm guessing it's NOT gonna be a good idea to free range his feeders since the cage is a bit large for a baby and it's densely planted. So I'd like suggestions on what to use for a feeding cup.I may just make him a little baby bin and feed him in that, then put him back in the big cage. The pothos is smaller than I'd like but it was the best I could find, hopefully it grows fast
