CR4ZYHORSE
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Firstly thanks to those who contribute to a fantastic resource. We have found hugely contradictory advice and information and wish we had landed on the forum sooner.
We have a six month old panther (George) who seems perfectly happy but wonder if his behaviour is an indication that we could improve things any..
He is in a custom home which is glass with a well vented top (4ft high, 4ft wide and 3ft deep) and currently we have lots of branches and walkways for him but only artificial plants at present.
We have a heating mat under and the basking lamp at one end which maintains a constant gradient. Temperature is perfect as far as we can establish and the advice on here supports that.
Living in the UK we feel maintaining the environment is better than constantly fiddling to match the awful weather over here
We have a drip but mist him two or three times daily too and the humidity throughout is ideal..
So the things we wonder about.
When we open up to mist him and feed him, he is really curious and whilst he loves the misting in particular, he readily climbs onto our hands and runs up to sit on our shoulder (or head)- he would probably sit there all day if we let him.
Should we encourage this or are there risks we're missing? Is it a bad idea to let him roam around the house occasionally too?
He also loves a shower -is this a bad idea?
We protect him from the force of the water with a mat which drips onto him and again he shows every sign of being happy - and we use the time to clean and dress his home...
Our biggest issue is his sleep pattern.
He climbs up to his bedtime branch at around 3pm and sleeps there until around 7am when his lights activate.
He seems happy but should he be more active? - is this suggestive of somthing needing adjusting?
Thanks in advance for any advice
J Peter
We have a six month old panther (George) who seems perfectly happy but wonder if his behaviour is an indication that we could improve things any..
He is in a custom home which is glass with a well vented top (4ft high, 4ft wide and 3ft deep) and currently we have lots of branches and walkways for him but only artificial plants at present.
We have a heating mat under and the basking lamp at one end which maintains a constant gradient. Temperature is perfect as far as we can establish and the advice on here supports that.
Living in the UK we feel maintaining the environment is better than constantly fiddling to match the awful weather over here
We have a drip but mist him two or three times daily too and the humidity throughout is ideal..
So the things we wonder about.
When we open up to mist him and feed him, he is really curious and whilst he loves the misting in particular, he readily climbs onto our hands and runs up to sit on our shoulder (or head)- he would probably sit there all day if we let him.
Should we encourage this or are there risks we're missing? Is it a bad idea to let him roam around the house occasionally too?
He also loves a shower -is this a bad idea?
We protect him from the force of the water with a mat which drips onto him and again he shows every sign of being happy - and we use the time to clean and dress his home...
Our biggest issue is his sleep pattern.
He climbs up to his bedtime branch at around 3pm and sleeps there until around 7am when his lights activate.
He seems happy but should he be more active? - is this suggestive of somthing needing adjusting?
Thanks in advance for any advice
J Peter