Webbing ?

[MissKitty]

I got my Pinktoe 2 weeks ago, and she has not started webbing yet,I know they have to get used to their new homes.,she basically just stays glued to the glass. She eats good, I keep the humidity at 65-70% temp us about 75-78..
Am I being a worried mom????

 

[nedaK]

I got my Pinktoe 2 weeks ago, and she has not started webbing yet,I know they have to get used to their new homes.,she basically just stays glued to the glass. She eats good, I keep the humidity at 65-70% temp us about 75-78..
Am I being a worried mom????

My pink toe does this as well, I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about, they know what they are doing

 

[Enn49]

Some Ts can take a while to settle into a new home where others get straight on with the job, they're all different so don't worry.

 

[MissKitty]

Yes,

Some Ts can take a while to settle into a new home where others get straight on with the job, they're all different so don't worry.

I figured that!!! Just needed some reassurance!

 

[Nunua]

I keep the humidity at 65-70% temp us about 75-78.

No need to keep humidity or temperature at about anything specific. Pretty much every tarantula is perfectly fine in the same room where a person feels comfortable to be in. Starings at the number just makes any keeper paranoid.

 

[MissKitty]

No need to keep humidity or temperature at about anything specific. Pretty much every tarantula is perfectly fine in the same room where a person feels comfortable to be in. Starings at the number just makes any keeper paranoid.

Well, a desert tarantula is not gonna be happy in higher humid,which is why they live in the desert,and vice versa.

 

[Nunua]

Well, a desert tarantula is not gonna be happy in higher humid,which is why they live in the desert,and vice versa.

Humidity and temperature varies on a(n) hourly / daily / weekly / monthly basis even in the deserts, and tarantulas are very adaptable animals - For example, humidity in Mojave desert at day time may be RH% 15 and at night RH% 55, after a possible rain even more.
For more "stable" deserts Sahara has an average RH% 25 - So in the end, if we start staring at humidity levels we should never give water dishes to arid species because it's enough to significantly increase the relative humidity inside the enclosure way over RH% 25 as every enclosure has kind of a micro climate.

We should also remember that most of the tarantulas in the current hobby base are captive bred, in many cases born from egg sacks that are from individuals that have been adapting into the current conditions over several generations. It is true that there are some spp. that require higher humidity that can easily be created with false bottom under the substrate layer etc. but Avicularia for example thrives in aenenclosure with efficient cross ventilation (e.g. Exoterra that you're using - top mesh + vents under the door(s) = air moves through the tank) with occasionally (weekly, every second week) overflowed water dish to shoot up the humidity for a short while.

Furthermore, high humidity easily causes stagnant air that is very well known by killing i.e. Avicularia spp. like flies. You can read about 'Sudden Avic Death Syndrome' if you want to. It's my understanding that SADS happened because of hobbyists staring at the information about where these species originated from and tried to keep the similar humidity levels - What they did not take in consideration was that Avicularia spp. live in treetops with constant airflow and water evaporation.

Tarantulas can show very well if they are dehydrated or living in too dry environment: They hover over the water dish and won't retreat into their hides further away if not necessary. If it's too warm for them, they dig underground because it's cooler there. If the substrate is too damp, they stick to the walls until substrate dries.

The only time I have used an air humidifier on the shelf I keep my enclosures, was in my previous apt last winter where the humidity in the whole apartment dropped all the way down to RH% 8 because of the radiators and cold weather so the smallest water dishes (blister packs) evaporated quickly. All my Ts, even the smallest slings, kept eating, living and molting just like normally. No anomalies what so ever. I had not and still don't have a single clue about the RH% inside any of my enclosures.

I'm not saying that one is not allowed to stare at the numbers but it's absolutely unnecessary and easily just makes a person paranoid, quickly killing the joy of keeping these gorgeous animals