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deadmansfinger
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 Posted - 26/10/2010 : 09:37:03
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Hi,
KingBob shed last night, perfect shed no problems but I was wondering if I should leave his moist hide in permanently or if I should remove it and replace it with a normal hide until he's due to shed again? My corn only gets a moist hide at shedding time but I wanted to check what you all do with your royals?
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chris100575
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 09:59:31
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| Mine sheds fine without a moist hide, so I've never used one. I wouldn't leave it in all the time though. |
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 11:27:17
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Congrats, that's great!
If he's shed perfectly then you've got the hide routine right- no need to leave it in all the time. It's when they keep having scruffy sheds, like my awkward little dear, that you need to try leaving the moist hide in all the time to up the humidity during the whole cycle. (I was recently advised to do this - I'm no expert.) |
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deadmansfinger
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 11:44:52
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Thanks for the info.
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bonez007
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 13:18:15
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yeah sounds like you got it spot on mate, everyone is to there own when it comes to shedding, i just spray the viv move water bowl to get the humidity up and it works fine for me
the day he has a bad shed then ile put a moist hide in :) |
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deadmansfinger
Hatchling
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 16:33:24
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I bought another bowl slightly bigger than the green one shown below and I will be using this as the hide on the hot side.
I need something in it to weigh it down as I thought if I fill it with water it will raise the humidity too much so I was thinking of a big rock or stump of wood which would give him something to climb on.
Anyone got any ideas?
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 17:32:10
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Hmmm... yes, a large smooth clean unsalty seaside pebble/rock, if you can get hold of such a thing, and he'd probably like to curl up on it. I personally wouldn't fill the bowl to the brim - because you know what'll happen - he'll get in and the water will get out!
Alternatively, you could use a heavier dish - charity shops are great. A few years ago I bought a large oval lidless stoneware casserole ...'Why on earth did I buy this?' These days I know why I bought it. Swimming pool for Shahi when he gets a bit bigger! |
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 17:43:22
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Ooops, sorry, didn't read post properly!
Thought you were using bowl as an extra aid to humidity. But see it's a box! You could put something like a piece of mopani root (available from Pets at Home/Dunelm Mill) on top of the lid, as long as it was stable and couldn't be dislodged ...
Come to think of it, the notion of a half filled large bowl with an 'island' in the middle might be quite attractive to a shedding royal - I might try that with Shahi next time! |
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deadmansfinger
Hatchling
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 20:28:07
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I got mopani root from Pets at Home for my cornsnake tank. It looks great.
After I have added the bigger bowl on the right (below) there's not alot of room, even in a 50l RUB and I've still not got any plants for it yet. The corn is in a 145 litre RUB so there's lots of room for the mopani wood and 4 hides and a waterbowl and alot more plants now than you can see in the picture.
I was in pets at home today and they had loads of mopani root in so I am gonna go back and take a closer look 
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bonez007
Hatchling
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 20:55:28
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is there room under those bowls then, i thought the bowl of it pretty much filled the underside except a little round the edges, personally i would change the hide to something kingbob can climb on top of.....
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deadmansfinger
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Posted - 27/10/2010 : 16:21:50
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| Yes there is a decent amount of room under them and it's ideal they double as a water bowl to save space. I will be adding something for him to climb on, just need to find something that will fit. |
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reptiledanny
Old Royal - I Post too much!
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/10/2010 : 16:27:36
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| get the ivy garland from dunelm mill, they cost 3.59 and you get a metre, and they are great, i have 2 in monty's tank and i have 3 spare for when i get his 4ft viv, i have also have 1 cut up in bows viv and it looks great. |
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deadmansfinger
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Posted - 27/10/2010 : 16:30:31
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| Cheers there a dunelm mill near me now, will check it out at the weekend. |
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