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Rocks in enclosures/fall damage??
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<blockquote data-quote="Dave Jay" data-source="post: 138663" data-attributes="member: 27677"><p>A couple of things -</p><p>- I was watching "Deadly 60" and the host put on infrared goggles to show what a rattlesnake sees at night and what stood out was all the rocks glowed with stored heat, so that theory is pretty sound.</p><p>- I steal rocks all the time, the local council kindly provide fresh Bluestone and limestone for my tanks from time to time.</p><p>- In some of my scorpion tanks I have polished stones, looking close up you can see that there are always drops of condensation on them even if the substrate feels dry, some drink from them and some stand on them daily, usually in the mornings. </p><p>- Not about animals falling on them but the other way around, I collect the little plastic "barbie doll tables" that come with a pizza and use them under rocks so there is no chance they can fall if burrowed under too enthusiastically. I place them on the bottom of the enclosure, add substrate and then put the rock in place, even if they remove all the substrate under the rock there is no way it can collapse on top of them.</p><p></p><p>The vibration theory sounds good too, combined with the stored heat rocks must be almost irresistible to Tarantulas .</p><p></p><p>I have no experience with animals falling onto a rock and being hurt so I can't add much in respect to that though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave Jay, post: 138663, member: 27677"] A couple of things - - I was watching "Deadly 60" and the host put on infrared goggles to show what a rattlesnake sees at night and what stood out was all the rocks glowed with stored heat, so that theory is pretty sound. - I steal rocks all the time, the local council kindly provide fresh Bluestone and limestone for my tanks from time to time. - In some of my scorpion tanks I have polished stones, looking close up you can see that there are always drops of condensation on them even if the substrate feels dry, some drink from them and some stand on them daily, usually in the mornings. - Not about animals falling on them but the other way around, I collect the little plastic "barbie doll tables" that come with a pizza and use them under rocks so there is no chance they can fall if burrowed under too enthusiastically. I place them on the bottom of the enclosure, add substrate and then put the rock in place, even if they remove all the substrate under the rock there is no way it can collapse on top of them. The vibration theory sounds good too, combined with the stored heat rocks must be almost irresistible to Tarantulas . I have no experience with animals falling onto a rock and being hurt so I can't add much in respect to that though. [/QUOTE]
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