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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phil" data-source="post: 92501" data-attributes="member: 4151">Wise choice ☺[USER=4182]@Will[/USER] and [USER=3795]@Nicolas C[/USER] have both given good advice. The only other advice I would give you is to keep asking for real life experience rather than slavishly following so called "care sheets" that seemed obsessed to replicate the average temps and humid form the country of origin. I always remind people that unless wild caught, you are probably getting a sling that may be countless of generations of already captive bred individuals so they do not need the temps/humidity described as they have never set any of their 8 feet in that country! All of mine regardless of where they come from are kept at about 75 to 78 degrees during the day (I prefer to turn heat off at night), get a light mist once a week and have an open water dish (I always boil water and cool down for both misting and drinking as tap water is horrible). All are on coir (coconut fibre) for substrate. Seems to work for me but I am in the UK and don't suffer some of the temp and humidity issues that some people in other countries have to experience. Hope this helps. ☺</blockquote>