UserName336
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I've been keeping my plants in the exo terra 18x18x24 before i get my cham to make sure i'm doing everything correctly first and to be certain i can keep the plants alive. The terrarium is currently in my bedroom, which is the warmest toom in the house, averaging at about 74-76. I will be purchasing a panther in a few weeks.
After about 10 or so days of experimenting, I've noticed that the cage is either a little colder than recommended or a little too warm. here's the numbers i get with various situations:
-no basking light and no fan, temperature gradient is about 74ish (bottom) to 78ish (top).
-no basking light with fan pointed directly at the cage, temperature gradient of roughly 70 (bottom) to 78 (top) but then i require two mistings during the day.
-basking light on and no fan, it gets up to 78 at the bottom, 80 at the top, and 82-84ish at the "basking spot" (i measured the highest point accessible by vines/branches without hanging from the top mesh). i feel like this is a little high for a baby panther (i'm looking at one approx 3-4 months of age)
-basking light on with fan pointed directly at cage, bottom about 74 and top about 81 as well as the basking spot hovering around 81. this required almost 3 sprays but i can manage with just 2 if i space them well and soak for a little longer.
now, i know this isn't completely relevant since this will all change when the cage goes into the basement where its much colder and i can actually use the basking light more efficiently, but in this current scenario, which would be better? shall i make it a little "too cold" or "too warm"? i just want to know for when and if i decide to continue using this exo terra thing later on for other species or if i run into a similar situation once its moved.
also, sorry for the wall of text, and if that doesn't make any sense. i'm incredibly tired and had very little sleep for several nights
After about 10 or so days of experimenting, I've noticed that the cage is either a little colder than recommended or a little too warm. here's the numbers i get with various situations:
-no basking light and no fan, temperature gradient is about 74ish (bottom) to 78ish (top).
-no basking light with fan pointed directly at the cage, temperature gradient of roughly 70 (bottom) to 78 (top) but then i require two mistings during the day.
-basking light on and no fan, it gets up to 78 at the bottom, 80 at the top, and 82-84ish at the "basking spot" (i measured the highest point accessible by vines/branches without hanging from the top mesh). i feel like this is a little high for a baby panther (i'm looking at one approx 3-4 months of age)
-basking light on with fan pointed directly at cage, bottom about 74 and top about 81 as well as the basking spot hovering around 81. this required almost 3 sprays but i can manage with just 2 if i space them well and soak for a little longer.
now, i know this isn't completely relevant since this will all change when the cage goes into the basement where its much colder and i can actually use the basking light more efficiently, but in this current scenario, which would be better? shall i make it a little "too cold" or "too warm"? i just want to know for when and if i decide to continue using this exo terra thing later on for other species or if i run into a similar situation once its moved.
also, sorry for the wall of text, and if that doesn't make any sense. i'm incredibly tired and had very little sleep for several nights
