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jburokas
at Wed Mar 30 10:02:04 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by jburokas ]
They "can be" tough captives and flighty, but not all of them are. Starting with a 12" juvenile was smart vs starting with a 28" wild-collected adult who will never take to captivity well.
If you want tips on how to make them thrive, show your set-up and include temperatures and type of enclosure (e.g. fishtank, vision cage, home-made wooden box). Attaching photos is better than verbally describing what you're doing. They like a lot of hiding areas, humid warm air, fairly hot basking areas that temp gun 120*F and 110*F with a thermometer minimum, but you can burn their backs with a single stinky hot tight beam of light from a bulb. There's a lot to cover, so show us how you have him and we'll give constructive criticism.
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