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I recently saw a youtube video that was a time-lapse recording of somebody feeding and watering all his t's. (It was probably somebody from here, i don't remember) This guy was using a large syringe w/ no needle to both clean and fill water dishes. "Good Idea" I thought to myself. High psi squirts, precise, clean, etc. Certainly superior to the squirt bottle and turkey baster i was currently using.
So i asked my mother who works at a medical research facility to score me some syringes (sounds sketchy when i say it like that, lol). I ended up with an assortment of new 50cc and 30cc syringes and also some 16g and 18g needles. I snapped the sharp tip off a needle and tried using it to inject water into dried substrate in one corner of my H incei enclosure. Previously it was difficult to truly moisten the soil because the water just pools on the surface or webbing then evaporates.
This worked so well i couldn't believe my eyes. Within 12 hours the lil guy had dug up that whole corner and redistributed the moist soil throughout the enclosure. Furthermore he remade much of the whole tunnel network in there to make that corner a 'regular stop'. Then i tried it with my H lividum. She hadn't burrowed more than a couple inches in almost 4 months. 18 hours later she's dug all the way to the bottom of the enclosure right through the spots where i'd introduced about 20cc's total of water.
This is now how i'm keeping the substrate moist on all of my humid species. If you, dear reader have access to some sort of medical supply place i recommend picking up a 50cc syringe and large gauge needle for this purpose. just remember to snap the sharp tip off with wire cutters or something so you don't accidentally impale yourself or a T.
So i asked my mother who works at a medical research facility to score me some syringes (sounds sketchy when i say it like that, lol). I ended up with an assortment of new 50cc and 30cc syringes and also some 16g and 18g needles. I snapped the sharp tip off a needle and tried using it to inject water into dried substrate in one corner of my H incei enclosure. Previously it was difficult to truly moisten the soil because the water just pools on the surface or webbing then evaporates.
This worked so well i couldn't believe my eyes. Within 12 hours the lil guy had dug up that whole corner and redistributed the moist soil throughout the enclosure. Furthermore he remade much of the whole tunnel network in there to make that corner a 'regular stop'. Then i tried it with my H lividum. She hadn't burrowed more than a couple inches in almost 4 months. 18 hours later she's dug all the way to the bottom of the enclosure right through the spots where i'd introduced about 20cc's total of water.
This is now how i'm keeping the substrate moist on all of my humid species. If you, dear reader have access to some sort of medical supply place i recommend picking up a 50cc syringe and large gauge needle for this purpose. just remember to snap the sharp tip off with wire cutters or something so you don't accidentally impale yourself or a T.
