Inky
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What is a good website for general information on Tarantulas? A sort of tarantula wiki
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You'll find the best info on here.
Inky
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No doubt! I am new but and it has been helpful!I am just looking for a site I can go get general research like, OW or NW, terrestrial or arboreal, general size
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I am just looking for a site I can go get general research like, OW or NW, terrestrial or arboreal, general size
http://www.mikebasictarantula.com/Species-caresheet-Grouping.html
This gives OW/NW and arboreal/terrestrial with the bonus that if you click on the T name it gives a care sheet written from his own experiences. Some names may have been reclassified but he's generally pretty good.
The three active tarantula forums (this is one of them) are the best places for information all general questions can be found provided you know how to use the search function. The main bad things about caresheets are the following:
1. They recommend humidity numbers, humidity gauges and numbers are useless and best to avoid them like the plague if you keep tarantulas. Things like that should remain in the reptile hobby.
2. A lot of information is outdated on caresheets.
3. Caresheets kill tarantulas.
1. They recommend humidity numbers, humidity gauges and numbers are useless and best to avoid them like the plague if you keep tarantulas. Things like that should remain in the reptile hobby.
2. A lot of information is outdated on caresheets.
3. Caresheets kill tarantulas.
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A caresheet just means that whoever wrote it kept one or more of that species alive that way.
Humidity gauges are useful, but to prevent excess humidity not to create it. Humidity can kill some species. Only a few species actually benefit from it to prevent molting issues.
Digital gauges are accurate but depending on the location numbers can vary. There is a case to be made that a humidity gauge might be best for the T room if your cages are well ventilated instead of the cage itself.
Humidity gauges are useful, but to prevent excess humidity not to create it. Humidity can kill some species. Only a few species actually benefit from it to prevent molting issues.
Digital gauges are accurate but depending on the location numbers can vary. There is a case to be made that a humidity gauge might be best for the T room if your cages are well ventilated instead of the cage itself.
