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ChrisJ
at Mon Aug 20 19:37:28 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ChrisJ ]
But please just consider all the other factors that are different besides whether the temperature drops at night. Arusha gets much hotter and drier than where Ch. deremensis live. That has got to be taxing on them metabolically. It also does not get as much seasonality, potentially messing up the animals behaviorally.
You note that your animals are doing better since you moved. Consider that so many factors may be different, none of which were measured or assessed independently. Perhaps the temp. drop at night is really rather unimportant during the warm parts of the year (e.g., 70 F is just as good as 60 or 50 or 40 F) and the big difference is the daily max. temp, or the humidity, or the cycling which allows for normal sexual behavior and development, or...so many other factors.
Chris
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RE: Maintenance dogma - ChrisJ, Mon Aug 20 19:37:28 2007