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Hello guys, i just osberved for the first time this:
I put a roach in the enclosure, he goes close to the tarentula, she "rush" close to him. Front legs 1cm. Then the roach didn't move for a while, neither the tarentula. Waited about 5 minutes. The roach was in between a water contain and...
The aim is to keep a high humidity (70-80%) in the air without mold in the enclosure and temperature close to 70-75 F degrees. Good ventilation enclosure is recommanded.
For me, no matter how you get it:
-Get a room with this temperature and put water gallon in this to get humidity as...
Well guys, i don't do it the same way: i used to give space to my tarentulas, for exemple 80*35*50cm enclosure for a smithi, with a 30w heat mat.
I place the heat mat to have a temperature gradient in the enclosure. the heat mats are running h24 without thermostat, I never have any problem. The...
Okay guys, thanks for all these replies, i'll change the setup enclosure before getting the little avic's.
My problem is i need thermometer, because this room down to 15 celsuis degrees. So i use heat mat to have a nice temperature ;)
Thanks a lot for helping me !!
Thanks for the reply, i know about temperature and stuff to keep the avic well, what i asked myself is : copper wire i used to fix the thermometer can be toxic for the tarentulas ?
Because i know there are some problems when copper fertilizer is used in farming => bad for the environment...
Hi guys,
To fix thermometer on top in new enclosure for avicularia avi i ll receive in few days, i used copper wire (same i use for bonsaï three), then i ask myself "is there any risk of toxicity for the avic" ?
What do you think ?
I join some pics.
Hello, can you help me sexing this B. Smithi ? The body is 5.5 cm long and the animal is about 4 years. Sadly i throw last molt (i think there was a spermatheca when i open exuviae but the molt was dry and that's my first time trying to sex a tarentula.. Not easy to see ^^)
I'll pict next molt...
Hello guys, i got a B. Smithi for years now, and soon i'll get some avicularia's and maybe try to get some baby's from B Smithi !
i'de like to observe nature a lot, really interested about spiders, tarentulas and many predators !
I'm from France and not so many people here used to have spiders...