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Humidity and moulting - fact or fiction?
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<blockquote data-quote="myopicvisions" data-source="post: 147" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>I have been toying with the idea of putting my experiences on paper, in the form of care guides for different species, and I wanted to see what others thought of this issue.</p><p></p><p>I have personally taken care of many different types of inverts over the years - both terestrial and marine - and I have found that, with the exception of really small animals, humidity is not important for molting.</p><p></p><p>Molting has appeared to me to be more of a product of nutrition and an adequate enclosure. I mean, with the exception of the threat of dessication of small specimens, and species that do-not get enough fluid from their diet, humidity has never been a problem for me - and I've raised nymphs from an egg case.</p><p></p><p>I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this. All the books that I have found make humidity out to be critical for moulting, when the process is the same for all arthropods, and doesn't vary if they are in or out of water. It appears as if all the books approach it from a naturalistic standpoint, and not ease of care.</p><p></p><p>In a perfect world, we would match the environment of our enclosure to that of the natural surroundings. But, as much as we'd like to think otherwise, we often fail on many accounts. If we get the humidity right, then we don't have enough ventilation. Wouldn't it just be easier to take a more practical approach?</p><p></p><p>What do you think?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="myopicvisions, post: 147, member: 9"] I have been toying with the idea of putting my experiences on paper, in the form of care guides for different species, and I wanted to see what others thought of this issue. I have personally taken care of many different types of inverts over the years - both terestrial and marine - and I have found that, with the exception of really small animals, humidity is not important for molting. Molting has appeared to me to be more of a product of nutrition and an adequate enclosure. I mean, with the exception of the threat of dessication of small specimens, and species that do-not get enough fluid from their diet, humidity has never been a problem for me - and I've raised nymphs from an egg case. I was wondering if anyone else had noticed this. All the books that I have found make humidity out to be critical for moulting, when the process is the same for all arthropods, and doesn't vary if they are in or out of water. It appears as if all the books approach it from a naturalistic standpoint, and not ease of care. In a perfect world, we would match the environment of our enclosure to that of the natural surroundings. But, as much as we'd like to think otherwise, we often fail on many accounts. If we get the humidity right, then we don't have enough ventilation. Wouldn't it just be easier to take a more practical approach? What do you think? [/QUOTE]
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