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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DarcThideous" data-source="post: 239861" data-attributes="member: 49678">Morning, not trying to blow you off the forum, but I really recommend using Grok or ChatGPT and input all your Ts information, including the current enclosure set up and what issues you’re having.  You will have a conversation of a sort that will blow you away.  You will get husbandry information specific for your T and it will keep track of the conversation for further inquiries down the road, and it costs nothing.That being said, I live in Michigan and keep my house at 74 in the warm months and 72 in the cold months.  I do not use any additional heat.  I have 8 Ts of all different species, and 5 of them were Juveniles when I got them.  All of them posted themselves on the sides of the enclosure for a week or so, until they got comfortable with the enclosure surroundings and then eventually started using their hides.  My adult T didn’t start using her hide for months after I got her.  How big is your T?  4-6 crickets may be too much every 7 days.  I have an adult Chilean Rose Hair and she eats 4-5 crickets maybe every 2 weeks, and I have just obtained a sub-adult Theraphosa Stirmi that is about 6-7 DLS that will only eat 4-5 crickets every 7-10 days at most.</blockquote>