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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tomoran" data-source="post: 31718" data-attributes="member: 1152">I think I know exactly what you are saying, and you make an excellent point. It's one of the reasons that care sheets can prove less than accurate and need to be compared to local climates and conditions. I live in Connecticut, so we experience similar weather extremes, especially with humidity. Last week, the humidity was around 85%; today it's at 45. During the winter with the furnace running, it could plummet to the teens. Now, if I someone were to tell me that my tarantula doesn't need extra humidity, that "normal" levels are fine, they likely have no idea that it could be 12% in my house in the winter (a very low number for many species). Or, if I'm told that my T will do fine at "room temperature", they might not realize that it can get down to the 50s in my house. Or, someone on the forum just posted that his house can hit 102 in the summer (MUCH too high for a tarantula). Therefore, that person would actually have to consider COOLING measures.Even though I've tried to create micro-environments in some of my T's enclosures, these temps and humidity levels can and will be affected by outside climate. So, for a keeper intent on keeping his/her animal comfortable, it's important to consider the local climate as well, and adjust as needed. Therefore, when dispensing husbandry advice, it would probably be wise to ask posters about their local climates an in home conditions.</blockquote>

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