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Message: <blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 186775" data-attributes="member: 29323">I live in the UK & we have no tarantulas in the wild here either.  But I do not use extra warmth with my T's.A friend of mine lives in Arizona, where my chalcodes comes from.  And a few years ago a female prisoner was left in an open, unshaded area of an Arizona  prison for 4 hours. She died as a direct result. My point being the fact that Arizona, the UK or Colorado has temperatures or humidity of a certain level. Does not mean it is a good thing, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,  for either us or them.If you room is warm enough for you, it is warm enough for your T. But if you feel cold, then yes, you will need extra warmth. But take care as extra warmth can kill  T's, as they need space to escape it, when they want to. And NEVER, EVER, put a heat pad under a T's enclosure. That is a certain way to put your T's at risk, as many burrow to escape heat & thus they get cooked when a heat pad is under the substrate.</blockquote>