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Old 23-09-2011, 01:40 PM   #1
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Before getting my Leopard i read they like humidity, but since nosing around the internet there seems to be conflicting advice saying they do not need humidity. Can any Leopard owners or experts confirm which i should be doing as concerned now i have got it wrong for my lil fella
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Old 23-09-2011, 05:21 PM   #2
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You can do a hide, pop a damp sponge at the top place in warm area and if he needs it he'll go in
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Old 23-09-2011, 07:08 PM   #3
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I dont supply a humid environment for mine.

They can do without humidity.

Funny I only pmd Ed about this subject a few days ago.
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Old 23-09-2011, 08:05 PM   #4
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Thank you all. I have been doing a humidity environment so may cut it down a bit.
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Old 23-09-2011, 08:09 PM   #5
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I provide all my hatchling leopards with a humid hide box. I take something like a plastic shoe box. I cut a door in the side, fill it with damp peat moss and that's it. Every other day I check it to make sure it hasn't dried out.
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Which area do you put it in
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I was told by Ed that humid and warm is ok - humid and damp is not.

But they manage without humidity.

Some of mine are prone to respiratory infections so I don't have any humidity.
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Could humidity not being there lead to rns, I've put my leopards on chipsi cause the soil seemed to give them runny noses
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Old 23-09-2011, 09:26 PM   #9
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Some keeper's say some humidity/ hot enviroment can help against pyramiding. Cool humidity i thought to be avoided. A humid hide at the warm end might be used, keeping it humid indoor's near bask end could could be a problem.
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