Molting pics

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Molting pics

Post by metfan » Wed Aug 05, 2015 5:33 pm

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Molting is kind of gross


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Re: Molting pics

Post by soilentgringa » Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:15 pm

Cover the window so they can molt in darkness. They need it to be fully dark so the hormones work properly. Surface molts are treated as emergency situations because they are so stressful; the reason they dig underground is to be able to be in 100% dark with no light coming in.

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