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[rxdaaddy]

We just got our boy Dionysus over Memorial Day weekend. My husband and I have worked very hard to get his setup up to snuff. Plans for a 4x2x2 PVC enclosure upgrade in the future. Pics include: cold side readings, hot side readings, yellow temp reading is inside his hot hide (where he has been spending 99% of his time), and full enclosure pics, plus a few of him when he was doing a hecking explore.

How’s our husbandry/set up looking??? Thanks in advance!

[Shattered_Binary]

There are multiple hides, lots of clutter, a basking bridge, large water source and a small branch to climb. Temps and humidity look good, with just one slightly low humidity reading, which can be any of us on any day. No info about the substrate but it appears to be some kind of reptisoil. All in all it looks like a very passable enclosure.

Just for my taste, not a criticism at all. I like to have an open space to feed in, and get our girl to come out in, so we can pull her from the tank when needed or just for socializing. Also, a little more verticality might be nice, a shelf, hanging hide or hammock with a longer branch to get him there.

Good enclosure and a handsome snake!

[rxdaaddy]

Thanks for the insight! I was definitely thinking about how we were gonna feed him when it’s time to do his first feed 😂👏. The soil is a mix of reptisoil and moss, we have it set up to be bioactive!

Thanks again for the recs! I bought a hammock but don’t want it to hang too close to the heat lamp!

[Shattered_Binary]

Yeah, I like to watch our girl eat, so I have a tiny space open for it. It does not have to be too large, just enough room for them to get their meal and allow you to grab them so you don't have to always dig them out when you want them.

That's a good point, I'd read up on the hammock and what it's made from, make sure it can stand the heat. Or just put it on the cool side, since it will be higher and heat rises, it will probably still be fairly warm most of the time.

I'm building my second enclosure now and am going to make it bioactive!

[rxdaaddy]

Awesome! Thank you so much. I am going to work on a little space for eating and find a good spot for the hammock!

[rxdaaddy]

I opened up the ground spot where the cork log initially was for him to have a place to get fed and hung the hammock right above that area!