Matthew43s
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Dude I’m so high....Up
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bobbydigital
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I don't think 30 sec is long enough
bobbydigital
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Also it looks pretty good. I'd add an umbrella plant and some more vines. This is my set up. I have a drainage bin and tarp because I soak the heck out of his cage when I mist. I'd worry about your wall an pictures getting wet. Before I set it up like this I had it in a wooden bookshelf and it would get soaked and each night I would have to take the cage down and dry the wood with my ceramic bulb.
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Matthew43s
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@bobbydigital Thanks man, I appreciate the advise. How long would you recommend?
I was actually thinking about adding a small schefellara today but I didn’t like how there’s not a lot of branches. I wanted something bush/tree like, so I’m probably gonna use a ficus for his larger cage. So I just decided to aquide some more vines, got some moss sticks, and some bare branches with lots of different sizes on the way.
And as I was typing this I hear the reptilian start up, and I look over and it’s soaking the wall because the nozzle fell.
I had the nozzles set up where most of the water stayed inside the enclosure like 97% would stay in the enclosure. I’ll have to figure it out
I have a small custom water catcher that’s an 8” water catcher that goes under the pot hot glued to a Tupperware lid that’s on the Tupperware. Drilled holes into the lid/catcher so the water from the plant runs into the Tupperware. And I stuck a fiting on the Tupperware, with a hose that has an on off valve. So when the Tupperware gets full I can drain it into a disposable cup. It’s not bad.
I was actually thinking about adding a small schefellara today but I didn’t like how there’s not a lot of branches. I wanted something bush/tree like, so I’m probably gonna use a ficus for his larger cage. So I just decided to aquide some more vines, got some moss sticks, and some bare branches with lots of different sizes on the way.
And as I was typing this I hear the reptilian start up, and I look over and it’s soaking the wall because the nozzle fell.
I had the nozzles set up where most of the water stayed inside the enclosure like 97% would stay in the enclosure. I’ll have to figure it out I have a small custom water catcher that’s an 8” water catcher that goes under the pot hot glued to a Tupperware lid that’s on the Tupperware. Drilled holes into the lid/catcher so the water from the plant runs into the Tupperware. And I stuck a fiting on the Tupperware, with a hose that has an on off valve. So when the Tupperware gets full I can drain it into a disposable cup. It’s not bad.
bobbydigital
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I spray for 3-4 minutes in the morning and night and I spray for a minute or two between those misting sessions. That hand mister In the picture I use, i try to spray the whole thing in the morning and night then about half of it every other misting. Some people do it for way longer and night say I'm not doing it long enough. You can wrap the cage with shower curtain or tarp to help the mist from spraying every where and to help keep humidity up.
Matthew43s
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@JacksJill @bobbydigital
Thanks for ya’lls Input, KP’s urates already seem to be getting whiter but I still decided to add the little dripper system, running three drips per second, along with turning the auto mister to 45 seconds every 3 hours, I have the two nozzles placed where the entire enclosure gets soaked. So much so I had to upgrade my drainage system. So I Used a shelf I got from Lowe’s, measured and cut it the right dimensions to fit the enclosure with some wiggle room so I cut one 15 1/8”x15 1/8” square, and 4; 14 3/4x 3 3/4 to make a stand for the pothos to sit on top of. Drilled a shit ton of holes in that so the water would seep downwards to this—> Used a heavy duty 14” plant pan, covered it in 4 layers of taught plastic that I hot glued to the plant pan, with some extra to hang down (so the water would naturally flow into the nozzle that I acquired off of A silicon tupe) I then used a holesaw to drill a hole in the top shelf where his enclosure sits, so that the nozzle would stick through and drain downwards into a container and boom, i’ve Got a reptirain water catcher.
Thanks for ya’lls Input, KP’s urates already seem to be getting whiter but I still decided to add the little dripper system, running three drips per second, along with turning the auto mister to 45 seconds every 3 hours, I have the two nozzles placed where the entire enclosure gets soaked. So much so I had to upgrade my drainage system. So I Used a shelf I got from Lowe’s, measured and cut it the right dimensions to fit the enclosure with some wiggle room so I cut one 15 1/8”x15 1/8” square, and 4; 14 3/4x 3 3/4 to make a stand for the pothos to sit on top of. Drilled a shit ton of holes in that so the water would seep downwards to this—> Used a heavy duty 14” plant pan, covered it in 4 layers of taught plastic that I hot glued to the plant pan, with some extra to hang down (so the water would naturally flow into the nozzle that I acquired off of A silicon tupe) I then used a holesaw to drill a hole in the top shelf where his enclosure sits, so that the nozzle would stick through and drain downwards into a container and boom, i’ve Got a reptirain water catcher.
NorCalAnthony
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Your setup looks much better. Between the extra height and being in a corner I bet KP is going to feel much more comfortable. That pothos is a pretty good size so I'm not sure if cramming another plant in there would be the best. It's hard to walk the line of having plenty of foliage for our guys and making it so densely planted that they have a hard time getting around/limiting their useable space. Plus it can be more of a pain to clean if it's too packed lol.
Something you can try is adding some more sticks and branches and wrapping the pothos vines around them so you can train them to go where you want and give a more realistic leafy look to the branches. Here's the setup I used for a couple of my panther females as an example. The cage on the right has a single larger pothos at the bottom that I stuck a piece of bamboo in to give it a "tree trunk" and trained the vines to go up it and out to the other branches. Don't worry it quickly filled in a lot more of the space than is shown in the picture lol. The cage on the left has a smaller pothos hanging from the roof that I just stretched the vines over to the branches and started wrapping them around them from there. Because the pothos was up in the air in that cage I had more floor space to add a hibiscus but it didn't do as well in the cage as I had hoped...
Something you can try is adding some more sticks and branches and wrapping the pothos vines around them so you can train them to go where you want and give a more realistic leafy look to the branches. Here's the setup I used for a couple of my panther females as an example. The cage on the right has a single larger pothos at the bottom that I stuck a piece of bamboo in to give it a "tree trunk" and trained the vines to go up it and out to the other branches. Don't worry it quickly filled in a lot more of the space than is shown in the picture lol. The cage on the left has a smaller pothos hanging from the roof that I just stretched the vines over to the branches and started wrapping them around them from there. Because the pothos was up in the air in that cage I had more floor space to add a hibiscus but it didn't do as well in the cage as I had hoped...
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Matthew43s
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Haha thank you. I do believe he is feeling a lot better cause he seems to be more mobile now and I see him exploring his enclpsure more, rather then sitting in the same spot like he usually does. So that’s good, all thanks to ya’ll.
But I agree, I actually just got in some drift wood branches, about 96” of .6 inch thick fake vine and some moss sticks that I’m going to add sometime today to have those horizontal planes just like you have. And I will be wrapping the pothos around cause I do want to train them.
Those enclosure looks great, that’s similar to how I want KP’s to be. I’ll post a picture of the added accessories and the new drainage system if you’d like to see it later? @NorCalAnthony
But I agree, I actually just got in some drift wood branches, about 96” of .6 inch thick fake vine and some moss sticks that I’m going to add sometime today to have those horizontal planes just like you have. And I will be wrapping the pothos around cause I do want to train them.
Those enclosure looks great, that’s similar to how I want KP’s to be. I’ll post a picture of the added accessories and the new drainage system if you’d like to see it later? @NorCalAnthony
Matthew43s
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@NorCalAnthony where did you get those screens that the plants are sitting on?! I had to make my own which was a pain but I was looking for something just like that
NorCalAnthony
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I wound up making those myself after seeing someone on here do it. You probably did yours the same way if you've made one already but I used an egg crate light diffuser cut down to 18" x 18" (or whatever the exact size of the floor was) and made a screen frame with the same dimensions out of a universal screen kit. I put the egg crate on top and wrapped the screen around that with the screen frame on the bottom that way the screen went all the way to the edges and mated up pretty tight to the cage. Under that are some drainage trays that LLL Reptile used to sell with some PVC pipe pieces to support the screen bottom and the weight of the plants and laying bins.
All that being said, it looks like Dragon Strand is now making some that come with the screen frame and plastic drainage tray all in one package and I'd much rather go that route than make another one lol.
All that being said, it looks like Dragon Strand is now making some that come with the screen frame and plastic drainage tray all in one package and I'd much rather go that route than make another one lol.
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Thepylates
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Just curious what is the green thing on the bottom of the cage?! That’s really neat. Obviously I don’t know anything about Chameleons yet. Trying to learn and saw that and thought it was pretty cool.
Matthew43s
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@Thepylates thats an oil diffuser that I’m using for a humidifier. It uses ultra sonic sound waves to make steam, (it’s above 800hz so the Cham doesn’t get bothered by it) it works great and looks cool too.
) it works great and looks cool too.Thepylates
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That’s so neat! Thanks!
