I had a vieled sp? many years ago. his name was dougie. they are definitely more high maintenance than a ball python that's for sure. mine did very well for their short lifetime in captivity.
I had mine in a modified bird cage and always "cup" fed him. I cut half of a gallon of milk jug open and glued a screen to it, then I could keep the crickets in there in the open. and if you havnt figured it out yet ironically crickets don't tend to jump very much. I did have a few escapees around the house but nothing worth mentioning. I then switched over to breeding dubias as I got sick of buying crickets every two days. much easier to manage.
as for them only drinking moving water I put a water jug on top of his cage with a fish air hose that siphoned the water down into his cage, I then installed a fish tank "air valve" in the middle of the line and put it so that he could reach the end of the line as a dripper. I tuned the valve enough to where it dripped about once every 15 seconds, so that he had a steady supply of water and I made sure that it trickled into one of my live plants so that I wouldn't end up with a puddle at the end of the day. this system worked very well for me. I hadn't seen anyone else work with this system nor have I researched it, just kinda of came up with it and it worked great for me. still mist multiple time daily!
not meaning to type too much, just wanted to give you some tips if you needed some I'm here you can ask me. looks like your doing great with him tho
Love you CHAM!!!
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