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My Damon diadema has been living in the same box for just over a year. I thought I'd give her a decent sized upgrade after finding a terrific structure for her to climb on.
The structure:
This is a cork board desk organizer. It was $17 on sale for about $5. Just couldn't resist. For size reference, that cork board is 1/2" thick.
This was the transfer from old to new. She hangs on to bark/cork really well, so I just moved her bark to the cork board, to see if she liked the texture:
For added humidity, I filled the bottom with moist sphagnum moss:
She seems to enjoy drinking from the moss, but sadly mold really liked that wall. I did not add that water, it wicked upwards. Needed to figure out a good solution for making sure moss didn't bring mold:
It was fairly easy to make sure the moss just didn't touch the cork board at all. Left it like this for 2 days, since the previous mold showed up faster than that. She can walk across the glass bottom with ease, so she certainly find moisture when she needs it:
And here's a pair of videos showing her learning the new texture. She's already a pro at running around when she wants, and has fed on crickets in there too. She has more room to hunt, which I think is important. In the Dropbox link are some comparison photos showing her old enclosure beside the new. She could find crickets in that smaller one, but it seemed to take a few days.
Both of these are 1080p, so make 'em fullscreen HD if you can.
Thanks for reading/watching!
The structure:
This is a cork board desk organizer. It was $17 on sale for about $5. Just couldn't resist. For size reference, that cork board is 1/2" thick.
This was the transfer from old to new. She hangs on to bark/cork really well, so I just moved her bark to the cork board, to see if she liked the texture:
For added humidity, I filled the bottom with moist sphagnum moss:
She seems to enjoy drinking from the moss, but sadly mold really liked that wall. I did not add that water, it wicked upwards. Needed to figure out a good solution for making sure moss didn't bring mold:
It was fairly easy to make sure the moss just didn't touch the cork board at all. Left it like this for 2 days, since the previous mold showed up faster than that. She can walk across the glass bottom with ease, so she certainly find moisture when she needs it:
And here's a pair of videos showing her learning the new texture. She's already a pro at running around when she wants, and has fed on crickets in there too. She has more room to hunt, which I think is important. In the Dropbox link are some comparison photos showing her old enclosure beside the new. She could find crickets in that smaller one, but it seemed to take a few days.
Both of these are 1080p, so make 'em fullscreen HD if you can.
Thanks for reading/watching!
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