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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sabeth" data-source="post: 10079" data-attributes="member: 545">From what I have read, artificial means of heating aren't a necessity for most tarantulas. According to The Tarantula Keeper's Guide by Schultz, the tarantula's first rule of temperature is "Any temperature at which you are comfortable will suit the tarantula just fine". They deal with fluctuations in temperature all the time in the wild. Obviously, below freezing is definitely dangerous, as are temperatures above 100 degrees F. They start to experience heat stress once conditions go above 95 F.</blockquote>