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That is because it simply removed the outer moisture & to remove moisture from the substrate in an oven use very low heat. Just warm the substrate up gently. This time of year, if I need to dry some substrate out, I place it in an open tub on a radiator for a day or two.

Pulchras are certainly not lovers of damp substrate or humidity, coming from semi arid areas. But this means they can deal with moist substrate, even if they are not big fans of it. Personally, I would have lived with the fruit flies. And dry substrate is a good way of getting rid of them. But...

It happens so rarely. A well written article aimed at everyone, about Tarantulas. https://a-z-animals.com/animals/tarantula/hissing-tarantulas-clash-for-survival-in-australias-harshest-corners/

I ride a 1959 ex police velocette LE motorcycle. These were known as Noddy bikes & being water cooled, were said to be so quiet that the Police could ride up to crime scenes unheard. It also has shaft drive & the gear leaver is on the right hand side. I live on the Northern edge of Norwich...

Rather than on of the bottles, I use a large syringe, these allow me to top up water bowls in awkward, top opening arboreal enclosures without getting water everywhere. But also I do, sometimes, mist, but not near my T's. I feel for example if a T is molting, or has just molted. Adding water to...

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I seem to remember buying myself a hot wheels track when I was about 9 or 10. It is more than possible that hot wheels are made in china too.

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Some of my T's have 2 or 3 water bowls in them, as I use jar tops & can easily replace buried water bowls. Substrate filled water bowls is another common behaviour. I have heard that in the wild, accessible water means more predators. Thus, I do not want it too close to me. Which would make...

Welcome to the hobby & the forum.

Welcome to the forum & the hobby.

They look to be dead, if that helps. But really to identify them we would need to know where they were found. So in the garden, in a shed, in the house, have an idea of size & have a clearer image of them. A good starting point for identifying the UK's most common spiders is a foldout called...

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I either use a pruning saw. Or if the bark looks/feels fragile then my rotary multi tool. Dremel type tool. My rotary multi tool is also very useful for cutting small terracotta flower pots in half & then smoothing the cut edges. To make nice hides for various sizes of smaller T's.

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