LOL
Steven, I don't plan to shoot you! Heaven forbid! You
have been a fount (spelling?) of knowledge that I
don't WANT to lose! In all of my reading, I have never
come across any such information. Can you remember
where you found it? What was the reasoning behind it?
The cave is over the UTH, so no matter where she lays,
it would be the same temperature... unless I made
certain spots deeper in sand than others (or she did
it herself!) Her previous cave was an angled rock off
of the terra cotta cave her sister had, which was only
about 5" round... Dolly (the terra cave dweller)
didn't like to share her cave with Trixie, and since I
remembered that they like to have their own individual
homes, I tried to make one for Trixie.. which she did
eventually use. I was concered that the caves weren't
high enough, never thought about wide enough! As far
as I can determine, Dolly's cave isn't large, it's
made in the corner of the tank rather than side to
side... it forms a rough triangle... Trixie's cave is
more square or rather rectangular.... but both are
basically the same square inches...12-16 square
inches... it's not exact square... (like 3"wx4"l for
Trixie's and 4"w at the base and 4"l on the sides for
Dolly's - has a 1.5" opening)
Thanks for your help and advice, though... I really
appreciate it!
I noticed this morning that Trixie is getting very
large with eggs... I need to get an egg box in there
and get the "homemade" incubator set up! For some
reason, though, they like to bury their eggs above the
UTH... any advice on this? It's hard to know they have
laid their eggs, until I do a clean up job through the
sand... then I find them all shriveled up! They don't
seem to like the egg laying hide boxes, though I made
them according to what has been said on the list... I
got rid of the perlite, and am just using some sand
with moist moss.. (haven't gotten the vermiculite
yet!) Thanks in advance, as usual! *smile*
--- Steven Groginsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Laura,
>
> I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, and I
> don't know the dimensions
> of your rockwork, so don't shoot the message-bearer!
>
> I read in a care sheet that you should use a
> hiding-place 6" across. My
> personal interpretation of this requirement is that
> it's to give the leopard
> a little extra room to modify his body temperature
> by moving to a slightly
> warmer or colder spot inside the hiding place.
> <Boom!> there go my brains!
>
> Steve
>
> >From: Laura Ricketts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: [Gecko] Unhappy Geckos!
> >Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 19:30:31 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >The one female has accepted her "cave" but the
> other
> >still isn't comfortable or accepting of hers..?
> She's
> >on top of the rocks under the heat lamp now. I
> know
> >the substrate is the same temp as before I changed
> the
> >rocks...they already had the heat pad, I just added
> >the rocks to their tank. The male is sometimes in
> >his, some times in his cool side. He discovered a
> >ledge in there and was up on it - scared the
> daylights
> >out of me when I couldn't find him... didn't think
> to
> >look on the ledge until I saw his tail hanging
> out...!
> >I thought he had gotten out of the tank somehow...
> >almost impossible, but with animals you never know!
> >His heat pad is the new one, and the directions
> said
> >that it will heat up immediately, but it will take
> >24-48 hours to reach it's peak. I have been
> testing
> >it throughout the day (probably why he got fed up
> and
> >moved to the cool side!) and as it gets warmer,
> moving
> >more sand into the cave to lower the temp for
> him... I
> >guess they just need to get use to the new house!
> Oh,
> >well... finicky little critters!
> >
> <snip>
>
>
>
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