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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dezzyblaze86" data-source="post: 239885" data-attributes="member: 49822"><p>Thank you. I will remove the heat mat immediately. I definitely do not want to speed his demise. That is the last thing on earth I would want to do. I did have my suspicions about the enclosure but I went with it because it was what the pet store recommended. It blows my mind that a pet store can have such a lack of knowledge about the animals they sell and are responsible to care for. I think they shouldn't be able to sell these creatures unless they are vetted first. They are in possession of animals they do not know how to care for and are selling them to people all while giving them bad info about their care. That alone is frustrating. The enclosure he is in is the enclosure he was in when I got him. It was a package deal. I bought him and his enclosure together. I have made the substrate kind of deep to try and compensate for that. About 4-6 inches deep. ( I was told he was fossorial)  As much as it would make my life easier, I can't just get cheap tubs from Walmart. I have a large family. I have 5 children, a grandchild, a mother with dementia that likes to plunder, a mother in law that is bedridden, a husband and a little brother in law that I take care of. They are all extremely afraid of my tarantula. I am the only one in the house that is ok with it. Part of the compromise I made was to get enclosures that locked. If I were to get a cheap tub from Walmart all these lil mofos would never sleep again lol. I will look into buying a new enclosure with locking lid that will suit his needs better. You're information has been very helpful. Thank you for taking the time to answer the questions I have had. I really appreciate it. I do have one final question. Does that also apply to slings? I want to get a few slings but want to know the correct temp for them and the best way to achieve that temp for them. Do you have any tips for that or is room temperature still good for them as well?</p></blockquote><p></p>

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