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I'm assuming that's how the feeder he posted a photo of works. ;)

His hydration looks fine. Misting schedule looks good too. He doesn't have to always drink, as long as he has access to water frequently.

STC 1000 same as I use. It reads in Celsius, but you can reflash the firmware with an Arduino to display in Fahrenheit.

I used to shoot for 64F night, 70F day. I build my own incubators, never bought one because they are all POS until you spend at least a grand.

He might drink more. He's from a cool wet montane forest. Water is very important to him. He won't eat nearly as much as a panther. Slower metabolism and he'll live about three to four times longer than a panther. I've heard of a few captive Kinyongia living past ten years.

Because I use organic vitamins, I can do two to three times a week on the vitamins, with a light dusting of calcium/low D on every feeding otherwise. You can't do that with synthetics or you'll overdose them. ;)

Yeah, if only we had the luxury of "pick and choose" today. We'll take what we can get these days. Even if they are half dead. :(

Yes. Make sure the feeders have something to eat while they are in there waiting to get eaten. Being a new import, I would not let him go more than about three days. I have had some long term captives that went a week or more before they broke their fast and ate some crickets. If you could...

I try to keep my basking under 80F, It is usually in the upper 70's F. You can run the basking hotter as long as they can get away from it to cool down. I keep my Kinyongia on the cool side as Louis DeMais once told me, "The candle that burns twice as hot, lives half as long." And like...

No night heat unless it gets near freezing. I've kept mine down to 5 Celsius at night but only on the coldest nights of the year. I keep mine on the cool side in the day too but up to 25-26 Celsius in the basking area should be ok as long as he can get to a cooler part of the cage and has...

You are keeping him too warm. I keep mine at lower to mid 70's F basking in the day, down to 50's F at night. Do not provide supplemental heat at night. I use a 50 watt basking bulb dimmed down about halfway this time of year because the basement is in the low 60's F in the daytime. In...

Congrats man! I love those guys.

I just use a 50:50 mix of peat moss:sand over hydroton clay balls.

I don't remember anyone telling you were doing it wrong. I know a few people on here I would consider experts on montane husbandry. You have been dismissive towards them. Ultimately they are your animals to do as you wish.

If WC I hope you have better luck than me. I got five of them and they were dead within two weeks. Two within hours. The other three of them looked pretty good when they arrived, but went downhill fast. I used everything in my arsenal to try to save them. I did get eggs from one female...

Beautiful enclosures. I'd love to switch over to glass fronts like that. I'm pretty heavily invested in screen enclosures, all naturalistic like yours. I do the leaf substrate too. Amazing how low maintenance a setup like this can be isn't it? ;)

Well said.

Asking for help from breeders with decades of experience and then arguing about the advice given might be a questionable practice.

That's a valid point.

The flamingos are ok, it's the people who put them in their yard that I'm afraid of. Note that the caresheet/article I referred you to specifically mentions live plants and gives suggestions, and also mentions the use of substrate to keep humidity up. That's a big no no among most keepers...