Cee Cee and Selena...The Eastern Girls

[guidofatherof5]

Cee Cee pooped on me for the first time today...that was not a fun experience!

So that's how you react to gifts.

[EasternGirl]

Perhaps that was her way of thanking me for her new rock hide...

[EasternGirl]

Cee Cee is trying to shed again...the poor girl has an awful time getting her shed started..it always takes her forever to get the whole process started. She sits around for a week looking all sad and dim and foggy-eyed...hiding and soaking and just looking generally miserable. Tonight I made her a shed box with moist moss inside...which she is, of course, refusing to go into...she did sit her head inside of it for a few moments..lol. She soaked in her water dish for a while and she keeps rubbing herself all over the plants and hides in her viv....here is hoping she gets that shed off soon! Selena always gets the whole process over with in a couple of days...poor Cee Cee!

[EasternGirl]

Question: What do you guys think an ideal night temp is for garters? And where is a good place to buy a hydrometer?

[kibakiba]

I'd say 60, maybe 65. That's what I try to keep mine at, it all depends on how moody my heater is being, though.

[EasternGirl]

Thanks Chantel...I've been using the bulb that you sent me...and I checked the temp on the warm side of the enclosure tonight and it's staying at around 76 under the bulb...but I moved the enclosure in front of a window and it is a bit drafty there...I think with the cooler parts of the enclosure being available to the snakes...maybe I'll just leave the bulb on...what do you think? I'm going to go get another thermometer tomorrow so that I can monitor both sides of the tank until I'm sure they are okay near the window. Do you use a hydrometer?

[infernalis]

Question: What do you guys think an ideal night temp is for garters? And where is a good place to buy a hydrometer?

Did you mean hygrometer? I'm sure you did.

found this for you.

Amazon.com: Exo Terra Hygrometer: Pet Supplies

[snakehill]

Petco has them for under $4.00. (Sorry-I know we have lot of members that don't like Petco )

[kibakiba]

I go based on my nose. Usually, I get nosebleeds if the humidity is under 50, and at around 70 my nose stuffs up. We used to have a thermometer that also measured humidity, so as a kid I liked watching what the humidity was at, and how it affected my nose.

[EasternGirl]

Yes...I meant hygrometer...of course...! Thanks guys, because I was looking at them at the pet store buy my house and they wanted like $34... That is interesting Chantel...I'm always having problems with my sinuses...mostly due to allergies...but I wonder if the humidity in my house has something to do with it as well now...

And what is the ideal humidity for garters?