I.. hmm...
I think I would get a small cabinet, I have one someone used for their stereo in the past and they put a lock on it. I'd keep all my supplements and other reptile-related objects I don't want little hands getting at in something like that. It can even be smaller, you can get small...
I wouldn't dust them all at once.. most of the powder will be gone by the time you get around to feeding. Also crickets have little holes in the outside of their bodies which work like lungs, and I imagine coating it in powder would kill them quicker.
I use a plastic cup, swirl them around...
You can get aquarium hoses you don't have to suck on. Pretty sure petsmart (or anywhere, really) sells manual pump type ones - saving your mouth from any nasty water! I think they were like $12.
Your reasoning was simply "BECAUSE They're ready." Twelve year old girls should not be having babies just on moral grounds alone. Their bodies also aren't fully developed - and not actually ready. Just because one part of something's physical makeup is "ready" does in no way mean it's go time...
My two are also not bothered one bit by each other. I did watch them for the first few weeks, and had barriers ready to go incase someone got stressed. But they ignore one another. I do however have a fair amount of foliage on the sides of their cages that are together now.
My problem with it was it was more of a spit - than a mist. And we have had two and both just stopped working. But it definitely does it's job.
I definitely prefer my mistking though. It's quiet, It has a very very fine mist, the reservoir can be whatever size I choose, and I can easily and...
You check temperatures but dont have a more exact number? Make sure you check the temp at the very warmest spot, as high up and close to the lights as possible. (You should probably only have one heat lamp going )
He doesnt need more than one hot spot in the size, he'll know where to go when...
The only reason i dont like any of the plastic ones ive seen is the shelves are thick, 2-3 inches thick and the posts are thick too.
And i have the 18*18*36 exo terra and most of the plastic ones that say the dimensions are long/wide enough - are not - because the giant posts take up a fair...
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I dont use the zip drip, it doesnt drip that much for me. And i use the wedges, it helps to protect the wire mesh from falling apart further once you cut a hole in it for the nozzles.