not to worry
My panther is the same just had a vet visit she looked in his mouth and its all fine I think its normal just where they get food in it I think??
glad its a happy ending!
I have a living vivarium all glass like you. befor I put the subtrate in I put a layer of clay balls and a water bottle cut in half to access the bottom for draining this still got pretty wet so I scooped out the compost and mixed with sand then put moss on top it is...
Oo sound interesting! I put my 60w house bulb on my thermostat and its design for ceramic!!! Grrrrr so flashes all the time? Hoping it'll be ok off the thermostat and ill try sorting it all out Friday im off work and the forcast is 27c!!!! hot Hot HOT!!!
silk worms
Im currently feeding mostly silkworms then (gutloaded) locusts, some crickets sometimes a few meal worms and occasionally some waxworms or a bluebottle I can catch. He aslo ate a snail in the garden once? :) trying to start a silkworm breeding program lol some are terning into moths...
thermostat. .
Ok today im trying curtains closed, uv hood on and raised then swaped my 80w reptile heat lamp for the 60w house bulb and put it on the thermostat at 28c.
Now the house bulb is flashing on and off every other second??? Is this right will it not upset him??
uk "normally" cold
Lol yes mine was doing that before I even went to work!
I kinda designed the hole tank keeping In mind how cold my house gets in the winter, its pretty cool in the summer... all apart from my room it seams! but its the only place I can have the tank???
Ok so this week the uk has been very hot and humid and im struggling to cool my male panthers cage down with no heat lamp just x2 0.5 uv and a 60w normally house bulb (he wont baskunder the uvs only) a cool mister running 15min on 15 off its still 33-34c at the top mesh half , the bottom is a...
poo problem??
My guys poos look fine when they come out though I notest somthing the other day? Poo stuck to tweesers so wiped it off on some card, as it spred out there were locusts legs still almost hole, and a liitle bit of wood in one the next day (from the garden,I think) over the next...
Hi guys
this morning when I woke up my 6.5m panther Diesel was chilling under the heat lamp, I didn't get up and just watched him he then walked over to the mister streched up and drank the condensation off the mesh! I hardly ever see him drink though he's always hydrated finally I know where...
settled in!
Wel after my little guy moved into his new tank he shed almost strait away and was extra grumpy lol but now he's had a little while to settle in (while not shedding) he looks happier and healthier than he has in ages. his colours are lovely and bright and hes much more active with...
very proud!
Thank you guys! Im very proud of it, all my own idear and mostly my design, I love building things with my dad and after we managed to find and buy some suitable sized mesh too keep the feeders In but will let in sunlight (I know it'll be no benefit throw the window, but he likes...
Exo terra medium xtall
I was sold a med xtall for my male panther and I thought it was a little small (even though he free ranges alot) so I built him a loft conversion ;) lol he loves it!
awesome thread
My little panther is called Diesel because his dad was so many colours he looked like fuel when its on water but calling him 'petroleum' would of been a bit of a mouthful to say lol
stop them ascaping
I gule gunned j-cloth to the lid as the vents are too big ans little crickets can get out.
Have you tryed sticky paper/tape with food in the middle so they walk and get stuck lke the fly traps xx
My panther Diesel
I hold Diesel nearly every day he loves it its a struggle to get him back in to his tank sometimes. I've had him from 3.5m he's now 6.5m when I first got him he wouldn't hand feed but sometimes dose now (bit of a contrary mary) if he put his frount legs on you gently lift up...
Wow!
I think ive been sold the wrong enclosure for my panther its going to bee too small for him very soon med xtall exo terra so im planing an extention!!!! as I cant afford a new cage :) going to add a mesh "box" to the top :) should be half as big again :) getting tips from the forum xx