Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New articles
New media comments
New article comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Articles
New articles
New comments
Search articles
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Dark Theme
Contact us
Close Menu
Are you a Tarantula hobbyist? If so, we invite you to join our community! Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your pets and enclosures and chat with other Tarantula enthusiasts.
Sign up today!
Forums
Off Topic Discussions
Off Topic Chit Chat
Not a sales pitch
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 131206" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>People misuse heat and if done wrong it's fatal. Most common mistake is putting the heat source under the cage. Heat should come from above or one side only. A cold side should always be provided and behavior watched. Generally any type of heat lamp should only be 25 watts, never emit UV and located no closer then 8" from the top of the enclosure. </p><p></p><p>They can be warmed but there are many gotchas, some of which are fatal. The actual heat and humidity within the burrow in many cases it's simply unknown. </p><p></p><p>With my scorps, if they stop eating or ignore close objects or air movement, it's too cold. If they avoid the hot side it's too hot. </p><p></p><p>When I raised scorplings all together, individuals differed greatly. I kept the fastest growing scorpling which preferred to be in the warmest area possible. </p><p></p><p>What's really needed is a list of behaviors indicating excess heat or cold together with typical behavior for each one. I have yet to find such information all in one place sadly enough.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 131206, member: 26980"] People misuse heat and if done wrong it's fatal. Most common mistake is putting the heat source under the cage. Heat should come from above or one side only. A cold side should always be provided and behavior watched. Generally any type of heat lamp should only be 25 watts, never emit UV and located no closer then 8" from the top of the enclosure. They can be warmed but there are many gotchas, some of which are fatal. The actual heat and humidity within the burrow in many cases it's simply unknown. With my scorps, if they stop eating or ignore close objects or air movement, it's too cold. If they avoid the hot side it's too hot. When I raised scorplings all together, individuals differed greatly. I kept the fastest growing scorpling which preferred to be in the warmest area possible. What's really needed is a list of behaviors indicating excess heat or cold together with typical behavior for each one. I have yet to find such information all in one place sadly enough. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Off Topic Discussions
Off Topic Chit Chat
Not a sales pitch
Top