dirtclaude
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Hi!
A friend of mine offered to sell me a Malaysian jewel centipede. I could find no real information on them but having had a long-time fascination with pedes and seeing how absolutely beautiful these specimens were, I really dug and found someone who said it was the same as care for subspinipes.
I had everything in order, and the centipede is coming in either tomorrow or Tuesday, and while I was doing research again to make sure I hadn't missed anything, I found a post here: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/archive/index.php/t-9609.html that tells me the Malaysians need cooler temperatures. I found somewhere else that the heat killed theirs and that they thrive in cool conditions.
This was around Wednesday I found this out, so I altered the terrarium but am still very worried. Here's a picture, though it's doesn't really "show" too much of how I have this set up.
On the left is a water bowl there (filled with smooth stones to prevent drowning). Directly under it, on the underside of the tank, is a heating pad. The heating pad warms the water and keeps the humidity high -- I did some tests, if I did no misting it stayed at around 65%-75%. If I mist, it spikes up to 90% and then levels around 80%-85% for several hours. I've been misting in the afternoons and evenings.
The temperature proved more difficult. For a time I had the tank in my house's mud room, and the temperature would drop down to 60*-65* or so at night and then rise to 85* in the daytime. Now it's in my room, where temperatures are staying in the ranges of 72*-76* outside the log and 68*-70* inside of it. The humidity is consistent despite temperature for whatever reason, and I have nothing to cover the tank except the hood light so ventilation is good. Is all of this OK? I didn't get exact temperature parameters so this is just what I'm hoping is right.
I keep a book against the glass where the log touches so it's dark inside, and it's stuffed with coco fiber and sphaghum moss for burrowing. Outside of it is mostly sphaghum moss with a few inches of coco fiber under it.
I guess my question is, is everything OK? This is my first pede, it's an AMAZING pede, and I want to get this right. And since there's no much info, I want to be sure I don't have anything else wrong. I'm very excited but also very nervous. If anyone owns one of these guys, I'd be really interested to hear about your setups and parameters.
A friend of mine offered to sell me a Malaysian jewel centipede. I could find no real information on them but having had a long-time fascination with pedes and seeing how absolutely beautiful these specimens were, I really dug and found someone who said it was the same as care for subspinipes.
I had everything in order, and the centipede is coming in either tomorrow or Tuesday, and while I was doing research again to make sure I hadn't missed anything, I found a post here: http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/archive/index.php/t-9609.html that tells me the Malaysians need cooler temperatures. I found somewhere else that the heat killed theirs and that they thrive in cool conditions.
This was around Wednesday I found this out, so I altered the terrarium but am still very worried. Here's a picture, though it's doesn't really "show" too much of how I have this set up.
On the left is a water bowl there (filled with smooth stones to prevent drowning). Directly under it, on the underside of the tank, is a heating pad. The heating pad warms the water and keeps the humidity high -- I did some tests, if I did no misting it stayed at around 65%-75%. If I mist, it spikes up to 90% and then levels around 80%-85% for several hours. I've been misting in the afternoons and evenings.
The temperature proved more difficult. For a time I had the tank in my house's mud room, and the temperature would drop down to 60*-65* or so at night and then rise to 85* in the daytime. Now it's in my room, where temperatures are staying in the ranges of 72*-76* outside the log and 68*-70* inside of it. The humidity is consistent despite temperature for whatever reason, and I have nothing to cover the tank except the hood light so ventilation is good. Is all of this OK? I didn't get exact temperature parameters so this is just what I'm hoping is right.
I keep a book against the glass where the log touches so it's dark inside, and it's stuffed with coco fiber and sphaghum moss for burrowing. Outside of it is mostly sphaghum moss with a few inches of coco fiber under it.
I guess my question is, is everything OK? This is my first pede, it's an AMAZING pede, and I want to get this right. And since there's no much info, I want to be sure I don't have anything else wrong. I'm very excited but also very nervous. If anyone owns one of these guys, I'd be really interested to hear about your setups and parameters.
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