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Tarantulas like the correct level of warmth coming from the correct direction.In general if your room is warm enough for you to sit & watch TV in whilst wearing a shirt/T shirt, then it is warm enough to keep your T thriving within.Heat mats can be dangerous. NEVER EVER put a heat mat under an enclosure, as T's burrow to escape warmth, so putting a heat mat under an enclosure kills T's. Warm air is preferable to a warm side to the enclosure. So a space heater, or a heating cable slightly away from the enclosures sides, rather than a heat mat stuck to a side of the enclosure.Don't take natural environment temperatures as too much of a marker for what a T likes. Think of Arizona or Australia. Animals & people in those locations die due to the heat extremes, if in that heat for too long. T's use burrows & shade from direct sunlight to protect themselves from the heat. The temperatures a T actually lives in, in its natural environment, can be very different from what a thermometer in direct sunlight records.
Tarantulas like the correct level of warmth coming from the correct direction.
In general if your room is warm enough for you to sit & watch TV in whilst wearing a shirt/T shirt, then it is warm enough to keep your T thriving within.
Heat mats can be dangerous. NEVER EVER put a heat mat under an enclosure, as T's burrow to escape warmth, so putting a heat mat under an enclosure kills T's. Warm air is preferable to a warm side to the enclosure. So a space heater, or a heating cable slightly away from the enclosures sides, rather than a heat mat stuck to a side of the enclosure.
Don't take natural environment temperatures as too much of a marker for what a T likes. Think of Arizona or Australia. Animals & people in those locations die due to the heat extremes, if in that heat for too long. T's use burrows & shade from direct sunlight to protect themselves from the heat. The temperatures a T actually lives in, in its natural environment, can be very different from what a thermometer in direct sunlight records.