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<blockquote data-quote="jinvik" data-source="post: 114301" data-attributes="member: 18491"><p>This is my cranky <em>Hapalopus sp</em>. large morph, Jennifer. I always had her on quite a dry substrate and she seemed happy, skittish and bitey, but happy, several successful molts, great eater. Then I read in a few places that these guys actually like it moist, and I thought, oh idiot me, keeping her wrong this whole time. So I made it moist, and she would no longer set foot on her substrate. Climbing the walls every minute of every day and much more agitated. So I thought, okay she does like it dry after all, so I let her substrate dry out. She is still climbing the walls, eating great, but really seems unhappy. I think the enclosure is a reasonable size, she has a good place to hide (though she never uses it, never has since the day I got her), there is no mold, and she has webbed up the substrate quite a bit, but she avoids stepping on it at all costs. Its a mix of coco fibre and peat moss, about 50/50. I am just not sure what I am doing wrong. So any suggestions? Anybody else have a vote on whether these guys like it dry or moist? Personal experiences with this kind of behavior in this particular species? All suggestions appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jinvik, post: 114301, member: 18491"] This is my cranky [I]Hapalopus sp[/I]. large morph, Jennifer. I always had her on quite a dry substrate and she seemed happy, skittish and bitey, but happy, several successful molts, great eater. Then I read in a few places that these guys actually like it moist, and I thought, oh idiot me, keeping her wrong this whole time. So I made it moist, and she would no longer set foot on her substrate. Climbing the walls every minute of every day and much more agitated. So I thought, okay she does like it dry after all, so I let her substrate dry out. She is still climbing the walls, eating great, but really seems unhappy. I think the enclosure is a reasonable size, she has a good place to hide (though she never uses it, never has since the day I got her), there is no mold, and she has webbed up the substrate quite a bit, but she avoids stepping on it at all costs. Its a mix of coco fibre and peat moss, about 50/50. I am just not sure what I am doing wrong. So any suggestions? Anybody else have a vote on whether these guys like it dry or moist? Personal experiences with this kind of behavior in this particular species? All suggestions appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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