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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dezzyblaze86" data-source="post: 239880" data-attributes="member: 49822"><p>Hello, thank you for your response. I have done quite a bit of research. I have gone to the library and checked out books but found some of their information to be outdated as far as the recommendation of heat lamps which I know are no longer a good thing due to dehydration, so I ventured on to reading articles online and have also used AI. My problem is, most of the information I have received contradicts itself. One article will recommend a certain temperature while the next article recommends a different temperature. Some recommend a heat mat while others say it's unnecessary. I can't seem to get consistent information from anywhere which is why I have chosen to seek out this forum so I can speak to people that have been doing this for a while. Because all of the information I have collected has contradicted itself at one point or another, I figured it'd be best to come straight to the horses mouth so to speak so I could receive information from people that have had success IRL. To answer some of your questions, he has about a 3-4 inch leg span. I believe him to be full grown. As far as his enclosure, it is what was called a grab and go kit from the pet store. It is an 8x8 square that is 12 inches tall. It already came with everything. What was included was a hide, a cork bark, a water dish, some fake plants and some coconut coir substrate. So as far as his enclosure, he is still in the same exact set up that I purchased him in. Only difference, is I changed the substrate because it was filthy but I still used fresh coco coir. And I added the heat mat and temperature and humidity gage. So the only real change in scenery was him being brought from the pet store to my home. I placed him on a rack in my room so he wouldn't be bothered by people moving about all day. As an update to my post he has moved from his odd position and has relocated himself from the previous position, to a position under the cork bark right by the heat mat. I did monitor him last night. He will only move from the one position on the glass to another position by the heat. He did refuse to eat yesterday. I have since removed the cricket. I don't put them all in there at once. I feed them one at a time. I offer the one cricket and only if he eats it do I offer another. He refused yesterday so I figured I'd offer again next week. But he definitely is not very active and does not move very quickly.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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