Phyllomedusa Sauvagii Setup question

[CommanderPayne]

Hi there,

Wondering if anyone could tell me how they keep the heat up for their waxy monkey. At the minute I am trying to make do with heat mats and an external heater, is there an easier way as heaters and UV don't seem to cut it?

Thanks

[knighty]

To keep this species succesfuly you need to provide a temprature gradient by placing a heat mat on the side, and you also need to provide a basking spot by means of a heat spot bulb. the most common cause of death in waxy monkey frogs is by people keeping the to humid and not providing enough heat.

Waxy monkeys like to bask in the sun and in the wild are found on branches takin in the sun.

[Alex M]

Originally Posted by CommanderPayne

Hi there,

Wondering if anyone could tell me how they keep the heat up for their waxy monkey. At the minute I am trying to make do with heat mats and an external heater, is there an easier way as heaters and UV don't seem to cut it?

Thanks

Hi,

By day, a reflector spotlight connected to a dimming stat plus 10.0 UVB is what i use for these, the hotspot reaches just over 100f and the ambient is in the middle 80's - all this goes off at night obviously. At night i use a heatpad connected to a matstat which is placed externally on the back wall of the glass, which is set at around 70f. Daytime humidity is low, around 40% whilst in the evening this rises into the 70's and 80's.

Hope this helps
Alex.

P.s, i've not sprayed this species for months although i initially used to do it every 7-10 days i think from recollection.

[Ruby Rue]

basking spot on dimmer stat + timer and heat mat to keep temps up at night as they were dropping too much..

[CommanderPayne]

Would a T-rex heat mat work? Or what one should I be looking for. I have a habistat temp gage

[Alex M]

Originally Posted by Ruby Rue

basking spot on dimmer stat + timer and heat mat to keep temps up at night as they were dropping too much..

So when you say the temperatures were dropping too much, what was it getting down to?. As i'm sure you know, it should drop down to around the 69f to 73f mark at night for this species unless you're currently putting them through their day/night cool period where you fast them prior to resuming normal temperatures...and then it's off to the rain chamber

[CommanderPayne]

temps were dropping to 59-60. Was not happy with that.
What would be the best heat mat

[Alex M]

Originally Posted by CommanderPayne

temps were dropping to 59-60. Was not happy with that.
What would be the best heat mat

I suppose we'll all have our favourites - i use a few different brands and they all seem to do the job in conjunction with a mat stat.

P.s Ruby, are you still looking for another Waxy?

[CommanderPayne]

Thank you very much