Precarious
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Thanks. Details below...Incredible! I love the habitat you set up, what I could see of it. Good luck with these
I initially had a larger enclosure prepared but when I found out I was only getting a single pair I decided to try out a modified 80 oz cup. It's a pain but I like to cut a big window on each side of my large cups and glue in fine screen. It's especially important in this instance due to the necessity of high humidity. I also cover the entire underside of the lid with screen to expand the area they can hang from as well as allowing for better gripping.
First there is a substrate of Zoo Med Eco Earth that I try to keep moist at all times. (I'd just added water before taking this photo which is why it looks too wet.) The cup itself sits on layers of paper towel on top of an Exo Terra Heatwave Rainforest substrate heater. It only adds a little heat (holding at 78-85) but it's enough to keep a steady humidity of 75-85 even with the cross breeze from the large windows. I've learned from experience that it's very easy to grow mold in small-medium enclosures with high humidity unless you allow for ample venting. Even then mold can form which is why I added springtails to the substrate. Springtails help to control mold, or so I believe. Anyone know for sure?
Over the substrate is a layer of live sheet moss I picked up at a reptile show. Then there is a piece of cork bark and two T-Rex Terra Accents Lichen Sticks. And that's it other than the temp/humidity guage.
This is plenty of space for them. You can see the female in the moss munching a Hydei and the male on a lichen stick. Both molted once so far and in both cases they hung from the underside of a lichen stick. They work really well because there's so much to grip. I'm really happy I found them at the pet store. As they mature I may secure lichen sticks to the underside of the lid to encourage them to molt from a higher perch if needed.
So there you have it. Nothing too extravagant or glamorous but it does the trick. I keep a square of moss on paper tower and extra lichen sticks to use for the videos. That allows me to rotate the 'stage' as needed.
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