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Layla has died :(
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<blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 220620" data-attributes="member: 31253"><p>You have a good memory, thanks so much. Happy to hear your versi man is good <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I keep them about 21-22 degrees C in the day time year round (about 70 fahrenheit I think that is). At night I let it drop to around 18 degrees C in the winter (figuring that in the wild the temp would drop at night) and use an electric radiator (positioned around 2/3 of a metre away from the enclosures) to maintain that when I switch the central heating off at night. I know this is on the lower end of what some people keep them at so I have slower growth rates, but I have repetitively read that room temperature is fine? I do keep wondering if I should up the heat though, it is a hard balance with energy bills rising. </p><p></p><p>Humidity-wise: I did have a hydrometer in Layla's enclosure, stuck to the bottom you can see it a bit in the picture. It says it is 70% but is near the water dish so the rest of the enclosure may be lower if that is true. I have long since stopped putting them in enclosures though following advice from Tom Moran (youtube) as apparently they are really unreliable and unnecessary/can encourage over-doing the moisture to get up to a certain reading.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gizalba, post: 220620, member: 31253"] You have a good memory, thanks so much. Happy to hear your versi man is good :) I keep them about 21-22 degrees C in the day time year round (about 70 fahrenheit I think that is). At night I let it drop to around 18 degrees C in the winter (figuring that in the wild the temp would drop at night) and use an electric radiator (positioned around 2/3 of a metre away from the enclosures) to maintain that when I switch the central heating off at night. I know this is on the lower end of what some people keep them at so I have slower growth rates, but I have repetitively read that room temperature is fine? I do keep wondering if I should up the heat though, it is a hard balance with energy bills rising. Humidity-wise: I did have a hydrometer in Layla's enclosure, stuck to the bottom you can see it a bit in the picture. It says it is 70% but is near the water dish so the rest of the enclosure may be lower if that is true. I have long since stopped putting them in enclosures though following advice from Tom Moran (youtube) as apparently they are really unreliable and unnecessary/can encourage over-doing the moisture to get up to a certain reading. [/QUOTE]
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