Water-based worries

[SewisP]

Hello all,

My family recently got a beautiful baby veiled (named Sid), and as per the recommendations, we have opted (for now) to water him via misting and a dripper (an old plastic bottle with a pin prick for the drips).

My concern is this: the bottom of his viv (a nice exo-terra glass viv) ends up getting very flooded, with large puddles over water covering most of the floor. I was wondering how people deal with this?

It's a bit of an issue because obviously it's unhygienic, but also the crickets seem to immediately run into the water and drown themselves!

To be more specific about my setup, the viv floor is bare glass, and the dripper is 500ml when full and drips onto fake leaves. I'll soon get a live plant, but I don't think running the dripper into this will help, because the drips bounce everywhere off the leaves anyway, and what plant would want 500ml of water dripping into it daily?! Surely the soil will just flood?

Any help/recommendations/ideas for preventing, or at least solving this problem would be greatly appreciated... My mum seems determined to water Sid by putting a fountain in his viv, and I've read lots of reasons why this isn't good so I'm rather hoping to avoid that outcome!

Thanks,

Lewis.

 

[Lathelia]

That's why most people use drainage, but since you use glass that's not a solution
I could recommend two options:
1. Put some kind of water dish under the dripper. You have to clean it daily and make sure your baby won't drink from it.
2. Slower your dripper.
You could also put paper towels, but they won't help much if you have a pool down there

 

[Kate]

No waterfall. It may become a potty for your Cham and your crickets will drown in it. They become a breeding ground for bacteria. Avoid any kind of water dish for the same reason although you could put mesh over it. I have two large plant pots in my viv and all the water goes in there and I empty out the container regularly.

 

[babyjoe]

I just use a water dish but it.has to be taken out everynight and cleaned well.any of the water that misses just evapourates off with the heat.so the viv floor will need regular cleaning too.to clean it just use warm water with a bit of anti bacterial soap mixed in and dry it off well when your done