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<blockquote data-quote="papilio_" data-source="post: 277290" data-attributes="member: 7278"><p>My girl was sub for nearly four months! :blink: </p><p></p><p>The moss is really just for aesthetics, it's covering a pad of humidity foam which sits in a tupperware tub and is kept as wet as I can keep it. I had been using a heat lamp to raise the temps to about 95F as was suggested in a well-regarded caresheet. But Precarious told me that these high temps aren't necessary for the species and only serve to raise their metabolism and dry them out. And I figure that a lower metabolism should extend their lifespan somewhat. With the enclosure at my room temp of about 80-85F (the apartment building keeps it super hot in here and I have no thermostat), the humidity is typically over 70%. Humidity is quite important, and is very much so at molting time. The relatively lower temps help keep the humidity up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="papilio_, post: 277290, member: 7278"] My girl was sub for nearly four months! :blink: The moss is really just for aesthetics, it's covering a pad of humidity foam which sits in a tupperware tub and is kept as wet as I can keep it. I had been using a heat lamp to raise the temps to about 95F as was suggested in a well-regarded caresheet. But Precarious told me that these high temps aren't necessary for the species and only serve to raise their metabolism and dry them out. And I figure that a lower metabolism should extend their lifespan somewhat. With the enclosure at my room temp of about 80-85F (the apartment building keeps it super hot in here and I have no thermostat), the humidity is typically over 70%. Humidity is quite important, and is very much so at molting time. The relatively lower temps help keep the humidity up. [/QUOTE]
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