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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Poec54" data-source="post: 38359" data-attributes="member: 3524"><p>They're pretty hardy spiders, as long as you keep them on dry substrate.  They also appreciate good ventilation.  My main spider room isn't under a/c and gets 90 degree daytime/80 degree nights for half the year, down about 15 degrees on both the rest of the year.  Helps cycle them.  The warmer you keep your spiders, the higher their metabolism, the more they eat, and the faster they grow.  They won't pop.  2 or 3 feedings a week is good for small ones, and you can gradually reduce that as they grow.  With slings, their fat reserves are lost every time they molt; with adults, they just stay fat and that stretches their abdomens and makes them more susceptible to injury.</p></blockquote><p></p>