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<blockquote data-quote="Sabeth" data-source="post: 24147" data-attributes="member: 545"><p>It's unfortunate but pet shops and care sheets found on the 'Net are usually wrong. Every Rosie I've seen in a pet shop has been kept in a damp environment with wet sub, and not coincidentally every Rosie is either on top of its hide or stickied to the side of the cage.<em> The Tarantula Keeper's Guide</em> states that keeping a Rosie on wet sub is like being made to sleep in a wet bed.</p><p> </p><p>Room temperature is fine for tarantulas, no guages or artificial heating needed except in extreme circumstances. Even in these cases I'd probably rather try to raise the room's temp with a plug-in heater than use heat pad, if possible. Since Rosies like it dry, no misting is necessary. An exception might be premolt, when a light misting once a day up to molting can slightly raise humidity to reduce the chances of molting trouble. Other than that, dry is best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sabeth, post: 24147, member: 545"] It's unfortunate but pet shops and care sheets found on the 'Net are usually wrong. Every Rosie I've seen in a pet shop has been kept in a damp environment with wet sub, and not coincidentally every Rosie is either on top of its hide or stickied to the side of the cage.[I] The Tarantula Keeper's Guide[/I] states that keeping a Rosie on wet sub is like being made to sleep in a wet bed. Room temperature is fine for tarantulas, no guages or artificial heating needed except in extreme circumstances. Even in these cases I'd probably rather try to raise the room's temp with a plug-in heater than use heat pad, if possible. Since Rosies like it dry, no misting is necessary. An exception might be premolt, when a light misting once a day up to molting can slightly raise humidity to reduce the chances of molting trouble. Other than that, dry is best. [/QUOTE]
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