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JP
at Fri Mar 31 11:30:12 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JP ]
High humidity in itself is NOT the problem....its what people do to acheive the higher humidity. Most people simly drench the substrate and never let it dry properly.
As far as the study you mentioned, I guess my stance is that 30% to 40% relative humidty is NOT AT ALL an "extreme" for a BP. 15%, maybe.
The common misconception comes from the fact that we soft-skinned, rapid breathing, high metabolism critters lose lots of moisture in our breath and through our skin. Very low humidity really can bother us. For a snake, with more or less waterproof skin, and much slower respiration rate and metabolism, water loss associated with low humidity would be negligible. I would be willing to bet anything that you could measure hydration in a collection of BPs that are maintained at 35% RH, and in a collection maintained at 60% RH, and if all othet things are equal, there will be no measureable difference.
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Agreed on one thing.... - JP, Fri Mar 31 11:30:12 2006