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<blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 140212" data-attributes="member: 26980"><p>Heat mats, according to what research I was able to do, generally produce fatalities when they are inside of the enclosure or on the bottom.</p><p></p><p>This is because regardless of heat source direction, tarantulas go down and dark or side to side when excessively heated.</p><p></p><p>They also go for height and light when cold. This is one reason why cold temps can also injure your spider, greatly increases the risks of falls especially if it's on the lid hanging upside down while being a terrestrial species.</p><p></p><p>Probably 75 to 85 temps are all the best. I have a wide variety of species and they mostly fall into that range, some a little lower some a little higher but all within that 10 degree zone.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I acknowledge this is controversial and an extraordinary level of caution should be considered mandatory, but all of mine have done great.</p><p></p><p>My lowest satisfactory temp is my new B hamorii, which has her cage under my wireless router. (Not a traditional heat source but it works)</p><p></p><p>My highest temps are for my pokies. My P striata likes it at 83. He will walk away if it gets any higher. My P vittata slings also like it like that but a degree higher. Frankly, I'm to scared to see what their upper limit is!!</p><p></p><p>Still, the ultimate champion in all this has to be my H spinifer scorpion. Before I got any tarantulas, my AC froze over and stopped working for a few hours. I'm lucky I was home!! She was walking proud around her enclosure doing her "King of the world" routine.</p><p></p><p>No way I was going to open that up and throw in a feeder!! I just poured some cool water into the dish and overflowed it.</p><p></p><p>Heck she was almost practically running up the glass. She also avoided the cool water</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Whitelightning777, post: 140212, member: 26980"] Heat mats, according to what research I was able to do, generally produce fatalities when they are inside of the enclosure or on the bottom. This is because regardless of heat source direction, tarantulas go down and dark or side to side when excessively heated. They also go for height and light when cold. This is one reason why cold temps can also injure your spider, greatly increases the risks of falls especially if it's on the lid hanging upside down while being a terrestrial species. Probably 75 to 85 temps are all the best. I have a wide variety of species and they mostly fall into that range, some a little lower some a little higher but all within that 10 degree zone. Yes, I acknowledge this is controversial and an extraordinary level of caution should be considered mandatory, but all of mine have done great. My lowest satisfactory temp is my new B hamorii, which has her cage under my wireless router. (Not a traditional heat source but it works) My highest temps are for my pokies. My P striata likes it at 83. He will walk away if it gets any higher. My P vittata slings also like it like that but a degree higher. Frankly, I'm to scared to see what their upper limit is!! Still, the ultimate champion in all this has to be my H spinifer scorpion. Before I got any tarantulas, my AC froze over and stopped working for a few hours. I'm lucky I was home!! She was walking proud around her enclosure doing her "King of the world" routine. No way I was going to open that up and throw in a feeder!! I just poured some cool water into the dish and overflowed it. Heck she was almost practically running up the glass. She also avoided the cool water [/QUOTE]
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