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<blockquote data-quote="mrsoul1974" data-source="post: 222796" data-attributes="member: 29262"><p>Hello and welcome aboard!</p><p></p><p>It sounds like your T is just fine. Remove the heater, as long as the room temperature dosen't drop below say 62 degrees F for an extended period of time, Charlie should be fine. If yor feel comfortable in the temperature of the room, your T probably is, too. </p><p></p><p>I would offer food that is smaller than your T's abdomen once weekly until premoult, and than wait at least a week, depending on their size, for your spader to harden up before feeding. You'll notice that when your T moults, its fangs will be white in color and too soft to eat. They need to harden completely before feeding, or else they can break. Broken fangs can lead to you T not being able to eat, and that will lead to death, so it's very important to make sure that your taruntala's fangs are completely hardened-up before you go feeding it again. The fangs will turn jet-black in color when they are ready to eat again. Take a look at the fangs on your T's most recent moult, and you'll see the color, or check them out now or during the next feeding. (You can always look up a pic online, too.) Also, at that size, I'm pretty sure you can sex the moult the next time it happens. (I'm suprised that whoever sold it to you didn't know...) best of luck to you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrsoul1974, post: 222796, member: 29262"] Hello and welcome aboard! It sounds like your T is just fine. Remove the heater, as long as the room temperature dosen't drop below say 62 degrees F for an extended period of time, Charlie should be fine. If yor feel comfortable in the temperature of the room, your T probably is, too. I would offer food that is smaller than your T's abdomen once weekly until premoult, and than wait at least a week, depending on their size, for your spader to harden up before feeding. You'll notice that when your T moults, its fangs will be white in color and too soft to eat. They need to harden completely before feeding, or else they can break. Broken fangs can lead to you T not being able to eat, and that will lead to death, so it's very important to make sure that your taruntala's fangs are completely hardened-up before you go feeding it again. The fangs will turn jet-black in color when they are ready to eat again. Take a look at the fangs on your T's most recent moult, and you'll see the color, or check them out now or during the next feeding. (You can always look up a pic online, too.) Also, at that size, I'm pretty sure you can sex the moult the next time it happens. (I'm suprised that whoever sold it to you didn't know...) best of luck to you! [/QUOTE]
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