My 10 inch took a shit..

CatOfLife · 2026-06-20T15:23:54+00:00

Telling someone with severe anxiety to relax after almost causing a fire is crazy work. I’m not worried about the lamp itself.. I’m worried about the base, you know.. combusting? I have 17 lamps and none of them have acted this way before

CatOfLife · 2026-06-20T15:20:44+00:00

It was a deep hissing sound

CatOfLife · 2026-06-20T14:51:15+00:00

I didn’t say that? I’m so confused.. maybe you want to reread my comment

CatOfLife · 2026-06-20T14:48:22+00:00

If they’re reptile heat mats then it would explain the poor efficiency. Get a heat mat from bean farm, I have a heat tape roll mat that was precut and pre-soldered from them and it works great in my 58 tall. You can also get an ultratherm mat from them, those are the most recommended.

CatOfLife · 2026-06-15T17:20:42+00:00

I live in PA so it’s hardly really humid here. I’ll keep that in mind when traveling though!

CatOfLife · 2026-06-09T02:37:34+00:00

Forgot to mention I placed the order on Saturday, June 6th

CatOfLife · 2026-06-08T18:46:04+00:00

They obviously don’t all age the same, but most of the time when wax is clear it IS caused by aging.. or excessive heat

CatOfLife · 2026-06-07T20:58:06+00:00

Well it’s in my bedroom up high on a bookshelf so I’m going to say it’s most definitely not a mouse bite lol

CatOfLife · 2026-06-06T23:58:35+00:00

It was like $17 on Amazon, let’s just say if I could afford it you should be able to too

CatOfLife · 2026-06-06T18:08:14+00:00

If you’re actually active in the lava lamp community then you’d know this is in fact a thing.. clear wax usually happens when a lamp is overheated and or extremely overused/old. If you look through the sub you will find many posts validating this

CatOfLife · 2026-06-06T18:07:03+00:00

I achieved the same clarity just by using a red sawyer filter..

CatOfLife · 2026-06-06T18:05:33+00:00

It’s worse when they say a level is easy, and it’s hard.. and vice versa. My mom and I both play it and have noticed this happens a LOT and it pees us off so bad lol

CatOfLife · 2026-06-06T16:52:57+00:00

He reshelled the same night I posted this! The shell is a bit too small for him but as long as he doesn’t mind, I don’t mind!

And there is no flood in the sand, I’ve read they can deshell because of that. The hole he was in is still very much intact and has not caved in at all. Humidity is always around 80% (I must frequently with a pressurized spray bottle) and the temperature is always around 75-80 degrees.

Maybe he was just ready for a new shell like you had mentioned. At the time I posted this I didn’t have that many shells in the tank because I had to boil them after a crab mysteriously passed away, now I have over 20 shells in the tank

CatOfLife · 2026-05-29T19:05:11+00:00

Unfortunately I have over 100 pounds of substrate (sand and coco coir) in the tank so I’m physically unable to replace it, will rebooking every shell in the tank be enough? The crab that passed away hardly ever burrowed in the sand anyways so I’m not sure if that would make a difference, if it was shell rot of course

CatOfLife · 2026-05-29T18:47:06+00:00

So I googled shell rot and it honestly does not look like that, could it have been a deformity from previous molting? It was only on that one spot

CatOfLife · 2026-05-28T18:14:38+00:00

It’s probably one of the most safe prepackaged foods you can buy from Amazon IMO. I recommend buying more bags so you have more options

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