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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Huntzman90" data-source="post: 160248" data-attributes="member: 29032">I keep my house around 68°.. I live with two other people and this is the agreed upon acceptable house temperature lol. I live in the pacific Northwest so it does get fairly cold in the winter. At the moment it drops below 60° if my heat is not on. So i bought a small heat pad and have placed it in with my tarantulas. I keep them in an old antique cabinet and the heat pad is not near the enclosures just keeping the space at a reasonable temp. Heres the thing.. My Brachypelma Albopilosum seems to follow it.. Seeking out the heat source. Ive moved it several times and it seems to always be out on top of the substrate facing the pad. It hasnt really burrowed yet either. My other two tarantulas seem to care less about the heat pad and usually remain in theyre web/burrow as they typically do. Should I give my brachy a little heat pad of its own? Or just move it a little closer to its enclosure?I know it will probably be fine either way but i figured id see what the experts thought. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Its also on the heavy side. Its abdomen is quite large and its most deffinitely in pre molt. I havent fed it for two weeks and when i tried recently it refused the dubia roach. Should i try feeding again or is it ok to starve it for a little while until its abdomen shrinks?Heres a picture of the fat bastard [ATTACH=full]41197[/ATTACH]I did add a water dish after this photo was taken. Thanks in advance y'all <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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