Pamphobeteus vespertinus — Fact Sheet

Pamphobeteus vespertinus · Pamphobeteus vespertinus

📋 At a glance

🏠 Enclosure

• Use the enclosure dimensions, heating, humidity, and safety values from the structured care profile and full care guide.

🪨 Enclosure furniture

• 15 cm or more of firm, compactable substrate in a low, broad enclosure
• Wide cork-bark hide with a dry entrance and room for a stable burrow
• Stable water dish, leaf litter, and light visual barriers that preserve a safe route to water
• Keep hard decor low and secure; avoid loose heavy objects, climbing towers, and claw-catching mesh

💡 Lighting

• No UVB or dedicated basking lamp required
• Photoperiod: 10-12 h of gentle ambient room light; no night light
• Avoid bright heat lamps that dry the retreat and create a dangerous hot ceiling

🌡️ Temperature

• Basking spot: 24-27 °C
• Warm zone: 22-27 °C
• Cool zone: 20-23 °C
• Night: 20-23 °C

💧 Humidity & water

• Humidity: 65-80% as a gradient, not a permanently wet enclosure
• Fresh shallow water dish always available
• Keep one corner or lower layer moist and allow exposed surfaces to dry between maintenance
• Give slings a tiny dish or managed moisture patch with airflow; condensation, sour substrate, and heavy mold indicate excessive moisture

🪳 Feeding

• Feed according to the prey type and schedule in the structured care profile; remove uneaten prey promptly.

🩺 Health — warning signs

• Watch for appetite loss, abnormal posture, injury, breathing issues, failed shedding or molting, and sustained weight loss.