Green & Gold turned BROWN..!

[Mentat]

...I'm glad to see I'm already on-track a bit, since I'd decided to do More Water Replacing, More Often before reading your post - I've switched to replacing "all the water I can easily scoop" every day, for now. Analogue thermo/hygro meters go for about $20 here, so that shouldn't be a problem. A lamp might take a little longer for now... This is the first time I've heard of a "foam filter", so I'll go and look that up....

Wow an analog thermometer for $20? Can you order from Amazon (they have digital combos for $15 http://www.amazon.com/Terra-Digital-Combination-Thermometer-Hygrometer?

The foam filter is a compact internal water filter powered by an aquarium air pump. They come in many sizes and for your set-up a small flat one (like no. 1 on link) will work nice. A "kitchen baster" or a small "Gravel Vac" could help with water changes. Vacs with a squeeze bulb start are better because they prevent you from getting a mouthful of dirty water .

[EmJay]

Wow an analog thermometer for $20? Can you order from Amazon (they have digital combos for $15 http://www.amazon.com/Terra-Digital-Combination-Thermometer-Hygrometer?

Everything is more expensive here. Probably because it has to be shipped half-way around the world first... Fluker's digital thermo/hygro is around NZ$70. ReptileOne is $45, and the Trixie one is $32, but I'm not familiar with that brand. Most of the time, whatever I save by buying on Amazon, I lose in postage, so I'll have to keep my eyes open for a free-post sale or something.

The foam filter is a compact internal water filter powered by an aquarium air pump. They come in many sizes and for your set-up a small flat one (like no. 1 on link) will work nice.

Okay, I'll look into that, thanks.

A "kitchen baster" or a small "Gravel Vac" could help with water changes. Vacs with a squeeze bulb start are better because they prevent you from getting a mouthful of dirty water .

Ha, now - kitchen baster I can do. :-D I'll grab one today or tomorrow (don't know why I didn't think of that, duh!). Hopefully a gravel vac (they seem to start at $30) will fit into the budget at some point.

Thank you again for all your help!

[EmJay]

Well, she's still more olive-and-bronze than green-and-gold, but she's moving, hiding out in her cave during the day and sitting in her fern when I get up in the morning, so I guess the dramatic colour change was mostly temperature. She's pooped once, but still not eating much (I'll need to investigate thoroughly when I change her water today, and see if her vitamin-flies drowned or got eaten (or escaped, sigh. Tiniest houseflies I ever bought.). Fingers crossed for a cheap new-to-me terrarium soon!

(Also, kitchen baster. ALL THE AWESOME. *So* much quicker, easier, and more effective than scooping. Thank you very much, Carlos!)

[EmJay]

Yay, got a terrarium! Only an Exo Terra mini/tall, but that's better than what we have now (and designed for use with a light!), and at NZ$42.50 wayyy cheaper than the $130 it would have been new. Now Froggley can be more comfortable, and I can look for a bigger, better terr at my leisure.

Now to try and get my brain around planting and substrate and UVB and so on...