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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Volkswachter" data-source="post: 188523" data-attributes="member: 34028">Proven by whom? lmao.  Show me the scientific papers/studies.  How is the point "quite different" in any regard beyond the humidity question; you basically repeated everything I said except for the humidity, which goes to show you didn't read my post and just reacted to the first line.Furthermore, IF the ventilation question is sorted out, IE; proper cross ventilation with a sufficient number of vent holes as is needed for most species regardless and it's just a good practice to get into whenever you get new enclosures/boxes to drill out the holes before you even need them, proper ventilation alleviates any risk of humidity;  I don't believe being "new" should be an excuse for not learning, being "new" is the perfect time to learn, and saying that "new keepers should do it THIS way" instead of learning how to do it the *right* way; that's just silly.You don't have proof, it's not "proven", you *do* have subjective consensus based on individual cases of both success and failure, and in that sense my subjective experiences with this genus are just as valid.</blockquote>