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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brookm482" data-source="post: 84221" data-attributes="member: 6746"><p>Wow, thanks for the kind support, it makes me feel a lot better.  I've kept all my tarantulas ( once they're large enough) in a five gal glass tank with wire mesh top, coconut husk substrate, a half log for a hide, a shallow dish with pebbles in it for water. For the higher humidity species I misted with a spray bottle daily. I had some cheapy humidity dial that always read "desert" dry unless i had just sprayed it. It never read "jungle" no matter how much i misted. I fed one cricket every couple days, up to once weekly if they weren't eating readily.  I always witheld feeding before and after molts. I only handled them about once a year to change out the substrate. (And take quick pictures).  I kept the temp around 80 using a stick on heat pad to the side of the tank as needed.  I cleaned out the white poops and cricket crunchy balls (sorry i don't know a more technical term for the food leftovers) using tweezers.   Cutest thing she did was carry the crunchies to the same corner of her tank to dispose of them.   I'm almost positive she was female, I posted pics of her underside on this forum years ago and it was a resounding "female" from everyone.  There's a pic of Jessica. I think I will consider getting another. I had a curly hair and it burrowed, which was neat but made it hard to monitor and remove old molts. Do all curly hairs burrow?</p></blockquote><p></p>

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