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A side from light and heat, the drinking water supply, relative humidity and the right moisture of the substrate are very important for the animals’ well-being.

Any terrarium owner can experience mites and mould. It isn’t always a problem, but can become one when …

The temperature and humidity typical for the natural habitats of desert and rainforest dwellers, are parameters which need to be constantly monitored.

Since 2001 JBL has been undertaking its own research expeditions to the original homes of our terrarium dwellers. With the help of measuring instruments all biotope data is logged and measurement errors are eliminated by the multiple measurements of theexpedition members.

Tweezers, nets, thermo- and hygrometers and locks. These tools make it easy for you to work in your terrarium.

Dependiendo de su procedencia, las necesidades de aire fresco de cada especie pueden ser muy diferentes, al igual que ocurre con los demás factores climatológicos.

Los animales de terrario son poiquilotermos, por lo que dependen mucho más de la calidad e intensidad de la luz que los vertebrados homeotermos. El cambio del día a la noche y, sobre todo, la intensidad luminosa influye en la actividad, la ingesta de alimento, la digestión o las fases de reposo de los animales.

Terrarium-keeping has experienced an enormous boom in the past twenty years. In the midst of the increasing hustle and bustle of our world, an island of nature in their homes offers many people an opportunity to relax while watching their terrarium pets after a long day of work.

Our pair of desert iguanas (Diplosauus dorsalis), Martha and Norman, are very much at home in the building that houses the JBL lab, and now we’ve found eggs in a hollow there.

You’ve seen them in zoos. They are a combination of conventional terrariums and aquariums. On top there’s a rainforest, below there’s an aquarium.

The rainforest terrarium is characterised by a high humidity of between 70 and 90 % and its relatively constant temperatures of between 25-30 °C, which only ever drop slightly, even at night.

The rainforest terrarium is characterised by a high humidity of between 70 and 90 % and its relatively constant temperatures of between 25-30 °C, which only ever drop slightly, even at night.

We associate heat and severe drought with the desert habitat. What catches our attention when we look closer at the reptiles’ habitats are the extreme temperature fluctuations.

In the wild the sun not only provides light, it also provides essential heat and UVA and UVB radiation. Since terrarium animals are ectotherm, they are much more dependent on high-quality light than warm-blooded vertebrates are.

In fact we could answer this question with “from all over the world”. After all many interesting terrarium animals also live in Europe. But most of them are protected species.