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Is this too much humidity for a B. Hamorii / Mexican Redknee?

poodude289

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Hello, I had one gatorade water dish cap and I felt it wasn't enough and I added a second one as seen in the picture, is this okay? It's a 1.5" T. It's a fairly large enclosure so I just want to make sure it's enough.
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poodude289

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It's been happy in this enclosure and hides in the cork bark whenever it wants to, and it was happy with a bigger water dish in here and I wanted to make it easier to manage by getting two smaller ones, so I am assuming this will be fine to add a second one.
 

m0lsx

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That is fine. Keep the substrate largely dry. Move the water bowls around & dampen a small & preferably different area each week. As like that you avoid mold & your T will be happy.

I use a well washed peanut butter lid in many of my enclosures & I also have a coffee jar lid which is halfway between the lids you are using & the peanut butter lid. I also use lids like yours & lids from 2 litre coke bottles. Plus any other plastic lid that looks appropriate.

Some of my enclosures have 3 water dishes in them. Two buried & one in use. Using plastic lids. I tend to let the T bury a water bowl if that is what it wants.
 

bwhatch2

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That is fine. Keep the substrate largely dry. Move the water bowls around & dampen a small & preferably different area each week. As like that you avoid mold & your T will be happy.
ive got 8 brachys and keep them all on nearly bone dry substrate. i have clam shells for water dishes and fill them once or twice a month over flowing some. i would say the way molsx does it is prob a little better than mine since he rotates the wet spot. to be safest i would say do it the way he suggested but either the way i keep them or the way you are doing would also be fine.
 

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