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Can I keep it?

Space30×25×25 cmminimum statedActivityNocturnalFeeding7–14 daysOne appropriately sized…Night19–23 °CUVBNo UVB needed
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I keep one

Setup

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
21–24°Cool side
30–32°Warm side
19–23°Night

Day: a real gradient, 30–32°C warm against 21–24°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 19–23°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C

Humidity

30–50%Target RH

The sheet states30-50% (45-60% in the protected premoult refuge)

UVB

Not needed for this species

Stated in the sheet, not inferred.

The sheet statesNo UVB needed; diffuse light on a 10-12 hour timer

14:00
Day

Drag the sun. Gentil's Fat-tailed Scorpion is Nocturnal, so what it is doing changes with the light. The sheet states a night temperature, and the rail follows it.

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

30–32 °C30–50 % RH30 cm25 cm
warm side
50100150200 cm
30 × 25 × 25 cmWidth × depth × height
8dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet states30 x 25 x 25 cm for one adult; at least 12 cm substrate

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 30 × 25 × 25 cmbecause Enclosure — 30 x 25 x 25 cm for one adult; at least 12 cm substrate
A heat sourcebecause Temperature — warm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause Temperature — warm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C
A thermometerbecause Temperature — warm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C
A way to check the night figurebecause Temperature — warm 30-32 C / cool 21-24 C / night 19-23 C
A hygrometerbecause Humidity — 30-50% (45-60% in the protected premoult refuge)
No UVB: the sheet states none is neededbecause UVB — No UVB needed; diffuse light on a 10-12 hour timer

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Food

Diet

Feeding rhythm

every 7–14 dAs the sheet states
4Meals in 28 days

Twenty-eight days, one row. Each band is a meal window.

Why

The windows widen as they go because the interval is a range: four meals after a 10–14 day cycle land anywhere between day 40 and day 56.

The sheet statesOne appropriately sized captive-bred roach, locust, or cricket every 7-14 days

The species

National law is not global, and we hold no national wildlife law for any country, Thailand included. Check your own authority before buying or selling.

Questions & sources

Back to the Atlas My keep

https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/hottentotta-gentili

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What this sheet states

100%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

Every field this product runs on is stated here. That is not a claim that the values are right: it says what the sheet states, not whether it is true. Whether a human has read it is the badge at the top of this page.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 420 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.