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With all these T. blondi molting problems has anyone ever stopped to think that maybe we just have the husbandry specs for this species all wrong?
Im wondering if there are more instances of abdominal problems or legs getting stuck..becca81 said:I've wondered before if it could have anything to do with the region in which the T is being kept (temperature and humidity).... regardless of how the owner tries to re-create.
It'd be interesting to see some data of where the Ts are being kept and frequency of molting problems.
Or could the problem be something we have even less control over, like differences in altitude?becca81 said:I've wondered before if it could have anything to do with the region in which the T is being kept (temperature and humidity).... regardless of how the owner tries to re-create.
that theory totally makes sense to me... food for thoughtMandi said:Im wondering if there are more instances of abdominal problems or legs getting stuck..
my theory on it is, people tend to feed blondi's huge meals and it stretches their exo too much too fast, sort of like stretchmarks in humans that would make molting rough?
Im probably wrong, of course... but its sort of like a scar, and i have a t with a scar, and when she molts, the exciva sticks to the scar and i usually have to dab a paint brush on it, or a couple of water droplets to help her out
im wondering if its a similar situation, or maybe blondi's simply need more humidity than we provide?
If i could afford another blondi sling, I would love to keep one on dry peat with a dish, and see if there were any differences
I didn't think of this, but good point..Varden said:Or could the problem be something we have even less control over, like differences in altitude?