Black bucket with some food in the middle. Keep it in a dark place. No cardboard. They don’t feel cornered and essentially walk around the circle of the bucket
Yes, 100%. The store managers pretty much sit there and lend a sympathetic ear but they are just taking directives from corporate. So call corporate at that # if you see something off at your local Petsmart regarding husbandry. If it’s a sick animal then that’s an actionable issue you can...
Damnnnn Herbie cleans up good! We like quick clean sheds in this house. I skip misting and give them a big fat hornworm when they start looking dusty.
Bye for now
It might help if you added some details about the lighting fixtures and misting system. Did you build this with all new equipment (and cham) with the specific purpose of selling it as a package?
It’s taken me 2 months to grow the tiny nymphs Dean sent me into mature adults. Then they take another month to sexually mature and start mating. When they do lay eggs it takes 6 months to hatch. So if you get nymphs you’re invested for damn near a year.
But I don’t care, spotted birds...
I have two 34 watt Jungle Dawn LED light bars ganged together (64 watt) on my veiled enclosure and it’s BRIGHT. 200 watts would be about 3X that brightness and might be over kill. It may actually hurt his eyes.
You could always stand under it, light it up, and see how it would be for...
During a podcast with Bill Strand, Dean said the Americana is the most prolific breeder. My male spotted birds are trying to mate but the females kick them off quickly