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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 228946" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>Please, for your T's safety. Remove the heating pad from under your enclosure. If you really feel the need to use a heat pad, then place it across part of the side / back & give your T the chance to avoid the heat, if they want to.</p><p></p><p>The natural instinct of a tarantula is to burrow if it gets too warm. That means towards the heat pad f it's below the enclosure. Thus heat pads below an enclosure pose a very real risk to them.</p><p></p><p>If your room is warm enough for you, then it is warm enough for your T. I do not use any extra heating for any of my T's & this room was unheated prior to last winter. Since heating was added here. I now get more winter molts. Probably because the temperature is more stable across the 24 hours.</p><p></p><p>I keep a rosea & she does just fine with an average winter temperature in the mid to high 60's. </p><p></p><p>If you really want to light your T's enclosure then use red light, as that will not disturb them as much. I belive the zoological term for Taratulas is lucifugous, that is, they avoid direct light when ever possible. So red, if you have plants in there or black light is the best option.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 228946, member: 29323"] Please, for your T's safety. Remove the heating pad from under your enclosure. If you really feel the need to use a heat pad, then place it across part of the side / back & give your T the chance to avoid the heat, if they want to. The natural instinct of a tarantula is to burrow if it gets too warm. That means towards the heat pad f it's below the enclosure. Thus heat pads below an enclosure pose a very real risk to them. If your room is warm enough for you, then it is warm enough for your T. I do not use any extra heating for any of my T's & this room was unheated prior to last winter. Since heating was added here. I now get more winter molts. Probably because the temperature is more stable across the 24 hours. I keep a rosea & she does just fine with an average winter temperature in the mid to high 60's. If you really want to light your T's enclosure then use red light, as that will not disturb them as much. I belive the zoological term for Taratulas is lucifugous, that is, they avoid direct light when ever possible. So red, if you have plants in there or black light is the best option. [/QUOTE]
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