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So I decided to completely change my Emp's setup yesterday. The setup I had her in was being more of a pain than anything. The substrate I was using was soaking up way too much moisture (so much that if she burrowed down, she ended up with her own swimming pool). No matter how many times I dried it out, the minute I did anything to keep humidity, it would suck it all up. On top of that, despite my substrate being drenched, RH in the setup was only 70% or so. :?
So...I ditched the soil substrate, and went with the coconut fibre. MUCH better substrate. Stays moist, but not soaking wet. She loves burrowing in it already. I bought her a better water dish, as well as a cave hide. Everything's good so far. I set it all up, left it overnight. Woke up this morning to find RH still at 70%. Bleh. So, I browsed around and came up with a nice setup for the Exo-Terra fogger unit. I've heard mixed opinions on the unit, but I figured...hey...worst it could be is an experience.
So, I set it up with a 2litre pop bottle (with holes cut to allow the fog to spread out), draped it in a fake plant, and set it up on a timer (30 minutes every 12 hours). I gave it a test run and lo' and behold, the RH skyrockets to 90% after about 20 minutes of it running. After the half hour it shuts off, and so far, it's been 2 hours, and RH is still hovering about 85%. If it drops to just about 80% by the time it kicks in next, I should be able to keep an RH no lower than 80%, and no higher than 90%...which...is perfect.
So so far, it seems both me and my girl are happy. She's munching away on a cricket right now, and looking pretty fat (possible molt soon?).
I'll post pics later tonight or tomorrow, to show ya'll.
So...I ditched the soil substrate, and went with the coconut fibre. MUCH better substrate. Stays moist, but not soaking wet. She loves burrowing in it already. I bought her a better water dish, as well as a cave hide. Everything's good so far. I set it all up, left it overnight. Woke up this morning to find RH still at 70%. Bleh. So, I browsed around and came up with a nice setup for the Exo-Terra fogger unit. I've heard mixed opinions on the unit, but I figured...hey...worst it could be is an experience.
So, I set it up with a 2litre pop bottle (with holes cut to allow the fog to spread out), draped it in a fake plant, and set it up on a timer (30 minutes every 12 hours). I gave it a test run and lo' and behold, the RH skyrockets to 90% after about 20 minutes of it running. After the half hour it shuts off, and so far, it's been 2 hours, and RH is still hovering about 85%. If it drops to just about 80% by the time it kicks in next, I should be able to keep an RH no lower than 80%, and no higher than 90%...which...is perfect.
So so far, it seems both me and my girl are happy. She's munching away on a cricket right now, and looking pretty fat (possible molt soon?).
I'll post pics later tonight or tomorrow, to show ya'll.
