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caracal
at Mon Jun 30 11:24:53 2014 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by caracal ]
Exactly! I learned that even to be true with some salamanders. When I first started keeping fire salamanders, some of them were losing patches of skin. I called Michael Shrom, the salamander guru, and asked him what I was doing wrong. He said that many people make this same mistake; they think that because salamanders are found alongside streams, they should be given a damp environment. He told me to squeeze out all the moss and even remove the water bowl. Sure enough, since I made those changes I've never had those issues.
I keep my vine snakes the same way as the grass snakes, despite all the literature to the contrary. I just spray them down more when they're shedding. They're thriving! - must be something Walmart puts in their aspen 
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