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Seeing how this species has a bad reputation of having molting difficulties, I thought I'd share my experiences and observations. First of all I collected the little guy last June. I had just gotten a new black light and was checking out one of my favorite spots. I picked it up on a whim really. It was the only one I took. It was about 2" at the time. I placed it in a continer with about six inches of substrate. The substrate was 2/3 sand 1/3 excavator clay. It held the borrow well. I kept it hot and relitivly humid, not bone dry at all, but far from dripping wet. I put a small amount of water down one side every now and then to keep the humidity higher near the bottom. I've observed this species in the wild and it is common to see the running around on hot (100 degree) humid nights. I figured it would be a good idea to try and duplicate this as best I could. I have it's cage about 12 inches under a fairly hot heat source. The bottom of the borrow should be over 85 the surface around 90.
I'll allow it to cool down a bunch this winter, to around 50-65, and to dry out as well, again trying to duplicate it's natural cycles.
I was able to get pictures by luck. I was going to rehouse it and removed it from the tank while the clay dried out. It molted two days after it was removed.
I'd appreciate any other thoughts and ideas.
John
I'll allow it to cool down a bunch this winter, to around 50-65, and to dry out as well, again trying to duplicate it's natural cycles.
I was able to get pictures by luck. I was going to rehouse it and removed it from the tank while the clay dried out. It molted two days after it was removed.
I'd appreciate any other thoughts and ideas.
John
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