Quote Originally Posted by Deborah View Post
Because when providing NEW owners with advice you shoot for what will work to provide an optimum environment until the said owner understand his animal and can experiment, not only with hides but other things as well.

There is a difference between recommending what will work with a new owner and what an advanced owner would do.

I obviously don't recommend things like don't use hide, hot spot, thermometer/hygrometer in the enclosure, feed on arrival etc.... yet this is what I do.
Oh, I'm all for recommending what will work - 100% agree. But 2 hides is not needed, and to be honest, I've never understood why so many people regurgitate that information. 1 hide is enough. Many breeders don’t even use hides at all, as you know. Recommending 2 hides, to me, sounds like an idea that was conjured up by the manufacturers and resellers of hides.

That's all - just my opinion.

IT IS MY OPINION - that recommending 2 hides is silly. *NOTE* This is only MY OPINION. not a tested fact. (My original post made it sounds more like a fact, so I just wanted to add this is my opinion only)