hey guys i was wondering if someone could help my 4cm trinidads container is sitting at a hummidity of about 60% and ive read they prefer 70-80% is it imperetive that i raise it and if so how should i do it?

Thanks all

Kenneth wrote: hey guys i was wondering if someone could help my 4cm trinidads container is sitting at a hummidity of about 60% and ive read they prefer 70-80% is it imperetive that i raise it and if so how should i do it?

Thanks all

Two of the most poorly understood aspects of tarantula care are temperature and humidity. Too many people from other disciplines (e.g., reptiles, birds, tropical fish) move into the arachnoculture hobby and bring their previous prejudices, hangups and presumptions with them without even so much as an attempt to examine what's been happening in the hobby for the last half century. Then they pass this "wisdom" off as fact in care sheets and "expert" postings in Internet forums.

Worst of all, nearly all of those care sheets have not been updated SINCE THE TURN OF THE CENTURY! Think about it for a moment. There are kids out there who weren't yet born back then, but are already growing chin fuzz! LOL!

You can save yourself a lot of trouble, expense, trauma, and even a few dead tarantulas by reading the Spiders, Calgary website . But, first read these pages:

Humidity

Temperature

Care Sheets

Myths...

Spiders, Calgary

And for your own good as well as the good of your tarantulas, read the books mentioned in

Stan's Rant

Hope this helps. Best of luck.


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