>I have read that it could be linked to problems with vitamin supplementation
>possibly from a lack of calcium that makes the skin brittle and flaky. I
am not
>too sure of that though. I think your best bet in preventing this would be to
>raise the moisture a little and add some cork bark if you don't already have
>some in order to provide a rough surface for them to climb and rub the
skin off.
cork bark, check.
I need to put a humidity gauge back in with them--what humidity should I
shoot for? Not as high as the henkeli that live above them (and whose
snake plant is going to mush as a result!), but something higher than room
humidity I'm sure.
The calcium deficiency would explain why my female might have more problems
than my male--who looks fabulously healthy (of course, looks aren't
everything, he could be in early stages of something fatal for all that
tells me!)
I used to have a dish of calcium supplement available to her all the
time--haven't replaced it since I redid the tank, I hope that didn't set
off the problems!
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