Quote Originally Posted by reptileszz View Post
Hi there, I am in CT too and it is wicked dry here with a wood stove going. I dump treated water into the substrate quite often and cover most of the tops with saran wrap or foil to keep the humidity up. I have been pretty successful. I also have my frogs in a very warm room and only use narrow heat tape along the bottom of the back (sideways didnt do anything and this tape is pretty weak). I do have a very weak red light on my ornate all the time. I think it is like 30 watts. It is on a 10 gallon so it doesnt dry it out too much at all. She spends a lot of time under it so she must like it.

So my advice is more water dumped into the substrate, cover the top more and get a decent sized heat mat to put on the side of the back and/or some narrow heat tape to put along the bottom of the back.

Are you going to White Plains this weekend for the expo? I will be there.

Carole

Thanks Carole! I'm not sure what the heat tape is.. how does that work? I'm jealous of your wood stove! We have an older house on the shore, so there's no such thing as a warmer room, that's part of the problem here. I didn't know anything about the expo.. how is it? Do you know where I can get information? I'm only about an hour from White Plains. I'm all new to this, and really enjoying learning about it all!