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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gizalba" data-source="post: 183570" data-attributes="member: 31253">Hi, I am relatively new to the hobby (I may have some of this wrong) but I also have an Avicularia Peru Purple from The Spider Shop. I am really glad they sent you a new one! I also have 3 other Avics/Ex avics. I have had them about 6 weeks and touch-wood they have been fine, although I did lose a Psalmopoeus sling (to death) the other week which I too was gutted about <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I am not sure whether this would be helpful but I do have a hygrometer (also purchased from the spider shop) in all of my Avicularia enclosures:[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.thespidershop.co.uk/dial-hygrometer-p-1806.html#.X5mRR1j7TIU[/URL]As the Avics are so small currently I've had to stick the hygrometer to the bottom as it wouldn't attach well to the curved sides. I may be obsessive over humidity and I have read that you don't need to get the numbers that precise, but to be on the safe side I like to make sure the dial is between 70-80% humidity as the spider shop care guide suggests for this species, even though I am in the UK. When it goes below this I drop some water onto the leaves/moss with a pipette, and/or wet the substrate at the bottom of the enclosure gradually over a few hours to make sure it doesn't go above 80%. I got the idea for the bottom opening set up from Tom Moran on Youtube. [ATTACH=full]51011[/ATTACH]Otherwise, I find it very difficult to judge how much humidity to add, as it seems easy to accidentally go overboard.  I have read that the humidity is important as they are from tropical climates, and that Sudden Avic Death seemed to be more to do with not having enough cross-ventilation to make the humidity 'not stuffy'. In the wild they seem to have lots of rainfall but also really good air-flow being high up in the trees. It seems that if you can see condensation on the sides of the enclosure, the moisture is probably too much. I hope that makes sense/helps.</blockquote>

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