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07-02-2008, 12:43 AM
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Chondro Woes
A couple months after I got my Green Tree, I noticed that this tip of his little nose was black sometimes. I didn't really think much of it, especially after I switched him into the new cage. I figured maybe he was rubbing a little bit while trying to get acclimated to his surroundings, or something. Well, the little black spot didn't really go away, even though he's been in his new set up for 2 months or something. We just got a puppy, so I've been getting up at odd hours or the night to comfort him when he whines or wakes up, and the other night, I noticed Yoshi (the green tree) was moving around, and doing something weird. He was reaching up as tall as he could to the top of the cage, touching the screen with his nose right under the night heat light, and then jerking back. He did this several times, before prowling around some more. So I think thats where his little black nose is coming from. When he jerked his head back, it was as if it had burned him when he touched the screen (which I would imagine it had...its a 75 watt bulb). He's burning himself! I feel terrible. Has anybody else experienced this before? He's apparently been doing it for a while...in this cage and the old one. What should I change? I can move the light further away from the cage, but the screen will still get hot. Plus I dont want him getting too cold at night (my last baby chondro died after 2 weeks from a RI on top of being an import). I posted pics of his scarred nose, and a pic of his cage for reference. Temps and humidity are perfect I might add (I LOVE this new set up. It cycles the water and the bulb heats the cage just enough).
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07-02-2008, 12:51 AM
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Re: Chondro Woes
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07-02-2008, 12:57 AM
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Re: Chondro Woes
The only thing I can think of is getting a different enclosure without a screen top and using a radiant heat panel instead of a bulb.
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07-02-2008, 01:04 AM
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Re: Chondro Woes
An RHP would solve the problem.
I am not a big fan of bulbs anyway. This is one of the many good reasons.
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07-02-2008, 01:10 AM
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Re: Chondro Woes
Absolutely gorgeous snake. Hope he gets better!!
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07-02-2008, 04:40 AM
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Re: Chondro Woes
A taller enclosure with the same height branches would help reduce the touching. Or, pulling the bulb away from the screen would reduce the heat in the directed area of the screen, even if you have to increase the bulb wattage, the heat would still be distributed enough to reduce local surging, especially if you aren't using a spot bulb.
Just a few ideas.
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07-02-2008, 04:47 AM
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Re: Chondro Woes
Hmm, saddly I've never heard of a radiant heat panel...lol. I'll have to look into them more. In the mean time, I guess i'll just try pulling the bulb away from the cage, and maybe getting a stronger wattage bulb to keep the temperatures up. I'm just worried if i get a stronger bulb, it'll still heat up the screen, even being further away from the top. But anyway, Thanks guys! Anybody thats experienced this though?
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07-02-2008, 01:14 PM
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Re: Chondro Woes
Sure have.
Like I said... this is one more reason that I don't use screen tops.
Combination of nose-rubbing and burn hazard.
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07-02-2008, 01:22 PM
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Re: Chondro Woes
Pro Products makes a great radiant heat panel, but you would need an enclosure with a solid top to mount one to your cage. They are mou | |
