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markg
at Wed Oct 28 16:25:40 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by markg ]
I post this as observation, not proof of anything. I think we all know that our captives do best when given a range of conditions and let them choose.
I once raised juvenile Prairie kings in cages with a deep moist layer of coir fiber substrate. While the substrate did dry out rather quickly on the hot end, I would mist it often. The kings did just fine in that setup for a year before I moved them. They were always a bit damp to the touch in that cage. No fungus, no anything - I checked all the time. And Prairie kings in the wild often occupy drier soil types compared to getula.
They did have lots of ventilation holes in the lids, as condensation on the sides existed only at the substrate level. So in this case, good ventilation but a moist substrate had no ill effects on the young calligasters.
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Mark
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RE: kings and moisture - markg, Wed Oct 28 16:25:40 2009