1dhollister
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Ok, been going a couple months now, guess its time to share. We decided we wanted a little more room for our one year old, and he's a climber, so we went tall - Maybe too tall, but whats done is done. Here's what we're starting with...
Stained to match our decor
cabinet underneath for supplies, habitat area is 22' deep, 48" wide, 43" high. UV is a 34" arcadia 12 percent. Bask on left, and another fixture on right, for more light or supplemental heat, if needed.
The theme will be Godzilla attacking Denver, CO. buildings are under construction, his bask is 11" under the light/UV - it will be a helipad on top of a hospital (which doubles as a hide on lower level, and a hammock inside the building!) a "downed" skyscraper is a ramp up to his bask, and begins at a lower level building (trying to give several levels for different heat/uv. A "rubble" pile will be his ramp up to lower building.
UV - I'm reading lots and lots of different stuff - do I understand that UV at his bask should be 3, or did I misunderstand something? Solar meter says 3.5 at bask, down to .4 farthest corner (He will have a few different zero spots when complete.)
Anyone have opinions on night temps? He is currently, I believe, in a state of brumation - sleeps alot, eats little, poops less. Took to a vet we haven't seen before, and she wants me to keep night temps at 78-80??? I had always read that down to 65ish was ok (which is what we get down to.) She also told me red light is fine, which I thought was a no-no. Did I get the wrong exotic pet vet?
The "downed" building is hollow, with no bottom. Thought on this was putting a fixture in there if needed more light/heat/uv lower in enclosure, since its almost 4' high - I could use this for a night time CHE if she is correct about night temps? I was also considering another light fixture inside the tall building on the right, over his "interior" hammock. This would still leave him 2 dark hides (under hammock, and in building on right)
Last thought, I'm using polyurethane to cover all interior and non-visible surfaces - open to thoughts on cure time before safe - I've read from 3 days to 2 months - that's a big window. Exterior surfaces are going to be covered with a low VOC dead flat varnish - since all surfaces will be sealed in one of these two varnishes, I haven't worried too much about what kind of paint I've used.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KQ3S0YE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
ANYHOO...I'll keep posting pics as I get closer, if I'm making any no-no's, I'd rather hear now than later, thanks!
Anyone have opinions on night temps? He is currently, I believe, in a state of brumation - sleeps alot, eats little, poops less. Took to a vet we haven't seen before, and she wants me to keep night temps at 78-80??? I had always read that down to 65ish was ok (which is what we get down to.) She also told me red light is fine, which I thought was a no-no. Did I get the wrong exotic pet vet?
The "downed" building is hollow, with no bottom. Thought on this was putting a fixture in there if needed more light/heat/uv lower in enclosure, since its almost 4' high - I could use this for a night time CHE if she is correct about night temps? I was also considering another light fixture inside the tall building on the right, over his "interior" hammock. This would still leave him 2 dark hides (under hammock, and in building on right)
Last thought, I'm using polyurethane to cover all interior and non-visible surfaces - open to thoughts on cure time before safe - I've read from 3 days to 2 months - that's a big window. Exterior surfaces are going to be covered with a low VOC dead flat varnish - since all surfaces will be sealed in one of these two varnishes, I haven't worried too much about what kind of paint I've used.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KQ3S0YE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
ANYHOO...I'll keep posting pics as I get closer, if I'm making any no-no's, I'd rather hear now than later, thanks!