Heat mat question. Plus others

[bshmerlie]

It sounds like you are very well prepared. Belive it or not they are pretty strong by the time they reach an inch...they're just miniture. I would like to try locust for my frogs but I don't have anyone around here that sells them.

I wouldn't add a fan or anything like that...the screen mesh should be fine. Just when you hear someone has such high humidity with Red Eyes it always make me think stagnant air and that is not good for them. You can probably start to lower the humidity a bit now as they are getting out of the fagile stage. Most people are keeping the adult red eyes between 50-70% so as they get older you can gradually adjust. I fluctuate my humidity around what my local weather conditions are like. If its raining out I have my humidity in my tank higher. If it is hot and dry out I keep the humidity lower. I also use the repti fogger and have it connected to a humidistat so I can dial it in. Most people aren't this weird and just mist them daily. I always wonder if the frogs can feel the barometric pressure...I 'm guessing that they do so that's why I do what I do. Although again, probably not the norm...more like overly obsessive.

Just watch out... frogs are very addicting. You'll start off with two and next thing you know...you'll have tanks everywhere.

Here are pictures of my two babies when they were about 3/4 of an inch.