need some tips bad(newbie)

[Joseph Long]

i have a avic avic pink toe (1.5" and i don't know the sex) and i need to know if i'm caring for it correctly. It's housed in a 5.5 gallon tank, small water dish always full of water, has a little 5x2.5" box for a cave until i get something better, and i feed it little crickets. i have a 50 watt red bulb lamp on top of the cage (lady i bought it from told me it can always be on.
0 It made a web at the opening of the box and it just stays in there. It moves around in there but doesn't come out, at least i don't see when or if it does. Am i caring for it correctly?

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

Hello
A photo would help a lot,personally I don't like using heating lamps. I'd rather suggest bringing up ambient temperature, its easier and safer.

 

[hellknite]

It does not come out possibly because it's avoiding the red lamp.. try shutting it down and see what happens..

 

[Joseph Long]

how would i control the temp and humidity without it though? i dont have a thermostat in my bedroom.

 

[DVirginiana]

Hi,
I'm very new to tarantulas, so you may want to wait for someone with more experience to tell you whether or not these suggestions are okay, but I have years of experience managing heat/humidity for finicky amphibians!
They sell betta fish heat pads at most petstores that cover a very small surface area and never get very hot. It's about the smallest/safest heat source you can get if you don't want to use a lamp and can't control ambient temp. Depending on placement, it can increase or decrease humidity.
If you need to increase humidity, I've found putting cling-wrap over about the upper 1/3 of ventilation will very quickly raise humidity. It's nice since you can easily take it off and put it on again as needed.

 

[bestco]

Remove heat lamp this is not necessary, and a picture would help to give you advise

 

[2G33K4U]

i have a avic avic pink toe (1.5" and i don't know the sex) and i need to know if i'm caring for it correctly. It's housed in a 5.5 gallon tank, small water dish always full of water, has a little 5x2.5" box for a cave until i get something better, and i feed it little crickets. i have a 50 watt red bulb lamp on top of the cage (lady i bought it from told me it can always be on.
0 It made a web at the opening of the box and it just stays in there. It moves around in there but doesn't come out, at least i don't see when or if it does. Am i caring for it correctly?

Hello,
5 gallon tank is a bit large for a small T. 1.5" is a bit small for a T to be Sexing it but it is not impossible. The cave you spoek of if it is on the ground it will never be used. better to stick a bit of cork bark in the corner up high. The ground cave will just be a place the crickets or roaches will end up hiding. The light worries me. is it a heat lamp? if so you will be hard pressed to keep humidity levels proper. NEHERP has some amazing LED Bulb Strips that screw into a standard light bulb socket almost no heat and makes colors pop. do you have several plants in the enclosure? stuff for it to climb up? This is a tree spider. and would rather use leaves to or bark to form a home up high even given the opportunity. They require lots of ventilation. Being a tree spider they are used to breezes and wind currents not a sealed damp enclosure. Other than that you made it to 1.5" so you got past the hard part.

Good luck.