Hello everyone.
I'm starting to get worried about my Little Joshua. In the last couple of weeks he has gotten very restless. He frequently goes up and down the habitat, usually on the screen rather than branches. That wouldn't bother me as much, but when he climbs across the ceiling upside down on the screen, then tries to push out the corners it makes me feel like there is something wrong.
His appetite has also dropped off. He does eat every day, but before this started he'd eat anything put in front of him. Now it's just a small number of crickets.
I've never had a wee one beofre. I had a rescued female, and this behavior is not unlike when she started wanting to lay her eggs- except instead of being all bottom oriented, its mostly top oriented.
I'm certain he's a male.
His habitat is 2' x 2.25' x 1'- still plenty big for him, I think- he's measuring about 4" from nose to vent.
I have 2- 60 watt reveal bulbs for heat, a UV compact in the back, and an old UV tube in the front (I think it's probably too old to have good UV, so it's more for ambient light) He's got a basking temp of 90 where he tends to bask, but a near by banch about 3 inches lower. It's 75 at the opposite side at the top, room temp is 70.
I know I have a problem trying to keep it humid enough. It's about 38% at his basking spot, about 50% in the room. I'm certainly open to suggestions how to bring that up. I've been trying to engineer it for some time now, because with the change of season it's drier.
I have 2 drips that I turn on 2 to 3 times a day. One drips down a plastic vine that the leaves make little drinking cups. The second one is attached to an airline hose (aquarium type) so that it spritzes a little to try to get the humity up in the air.
I'm open to any and all suggestions!
I'm starting to get worried about my Little Joshua. In the last couple of weeks he has gotten very restless. He frequently goes up and down the habitat, usually on the screen rather than branches. That wouldn't bother me as much, but when he climbs across the ceiling upside down on the screen, then tries to push out the corners it makes me feel like there is something wrong.
His appetite has also dropped off. He does eat every day, but before this started he'd eat anything put in front of him. Now it's just a small number of crickets.
I've never had a wee one beofre. I had a rescued female, and this behavior is not unlike when she started wanting to lay her eggs- except instead of being all bottom oriented, its mostly top oriented.
I'm certain he's a male.
His habitat is 2' x 2.25' x 1'- still plenty big for him, I think- he's measuring about 4" from nose to vent.
I have 2- 60 watt reveal bulbs for heat, a UV compact in the back, and an old UV tube in the front (I think it's probably too old to have good UV, so it's more for ambient light) He's got a basking temp of 90 where he tends to bask, but a near by banch about 3 inches lower. It's 75 at the opposite side at the top, room temp is 70.
I know I have a problem trying to keep it humid enough. It's about 38% at his basking spot, about 50% in the room. I'm certainly open to suggestions how to bring that up. I've been trying to engineer it for some time now, because with the change of season it's drier.
I have 2 drips that I turn on 2 to 3 times a day. One drips down a plastic vine that the leaves make little drinking cups. The second one is attached to an airline hose (aquarium type) so that it spritzes a little to try to get the humity up in the air.
I'm open to any and all suggestions!
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