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Hi all just wondering, i'm a smoker and want to know if im best of not smoking in the same room as my avic? I assume not but want to make sure.
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Smoking around Ts
- Thread starter Carl
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Can't imagine anyone saying it's OK
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You would be correct.
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Ok thanks. I did think probably not.
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well no one knows but i guess its better to not risk anything,so you probably shouldn't smoke near t's
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I don't think they suffer the same way as we do from second hand smoke, but who's to say really? I think it would probably be better to not smoke around them. I'm a smoker too and I don't ever smoke inside... I smoke on my balcony only. I just don't like the smell of it and it could negatively affect the cats and they didn't ask for that.
The person I recently got the two C. cyaneopubescens from smoked heavily. Even if their enclosures were appropriate for them, which they weren't, I still would have rehoused them because both the enclosures stank to high heaven of smoke. All the way home I could smell it from the back seat where they were and I'm a smoker and less sensitive to the smell. I couldn't wait to get them out of those enclosures. I'm sure that it just gets saturated in their webbing. And it coats the inside and might make it difficult for them to adhere to any surfaces.
I still haven't cleaned those enclosures out.
The person I recently got the two C. cyaneopubescens from smoked heavily. Even if their enclosures were appropriate for them, which they weren't, I still would have rehoused them because both the enclosures stank to high heaven of smoke. All the way home I could smell it from the back seat where they were and I'm a smoker and less sensitive to the smell. I couldn't wait to get them out of those enclosures. I'm sure that it just gets saturated in their webbing. And it coats the inside and might make it difficult for them to adhere to any surfaces.
I still haven't cleaned those enclosures out.
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I'd be very careful how close you are to your T's when you smoke. Nicotine is a natural insecticide and can be especially toxic to our 8 legged friends. I know people who make a mixture of water and tobacco to spray on plants to keep the bugs from munching on them. I'm amazed that Vanessa's T came to her ok.
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I didn't realize that it was an insecticide. My poor girls!
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I don't smoke around my animals, I always wash my hands before dealing with them. I've got a rather odd collection lol
Interesting nicotine is used as a pesticide. Had to go look it up 
from what i've found you have to mix it with other ingredients, coffee grounds and hot sauce are ideal, the caffiene and capsaicin are needed to make mixture lethal. Then soak the grounds and tobacco in alcohol until you get an ugly brown stinky liquid, strain it into a spray bottle, add a few drops of dish soap to break the surface tension and allow the mixture to be "inhaled" easier. Says it's a great mix for aphids, but you have to use a lot on other bugs. Haven't found if it works on spiders yet, still searching
from what i've found you have to mix it with other ingredients, coffee grounds and hot sauce are ideal, the caffiene and capsaicin are needed to make mixture lethal. Then soak the grounds and tobacco in alcohol until you get an ugly brown stinky liquid, strain it into a spray bottle, add a few drops of dish soap to break the surface tension and allow the mixture to be "inhaled" easier. Says it's a great mix for aphids, but you have to use a lot on other bugs. Haven't found if it works on spiders yet, still searching
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The people I know who use this method simply brew it as a tea, cool and spray. They say it is quite effective. I personally don't use pesticides and instead try to create a natural self-sustaining ecosystem in my yard.
Please do share. What ya got? and also even if u hold ur inverts u should wash ur hands. Ive read a couple of cases where people pet their dogs or cats with flea stuff on them and then messed with their bugs and things didnt turn out well.
It's extremely lethal to warm blooded creatures as well as insects.i am beyond careful with it,
Perhaps that's because I get mine in a more pure form to mix my ejuice.
I only vape outside but never seen any insects put off by vape exhale yet I have seen them avoid cigarette smoke.
Perhaps that's because I get mine in a more pure form to mix my ejuice.
I only vape outside but never seen any insects put off by vape exhale yet I have seen them avoid cigarette smoke.
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Tarantulas have the most basic kind of lungs..any kind of smoke has to be very bad for them. As an aside, I've used strong smelling cleaning products in my bathroom, and my tarantulas in the next room actually started curling/crouching like it was killing them. Needless to say I take precautions now. Bleach fumes= very, very bad, cross ventilation seems to hasten it too..i thought I was going to lose a few, but opened windows and a fan cleared out the room quick. That incident made me start opening windows for them on a regular basis. If its hot I just crank up the a/c to compensate.
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Cheers, can be a bit of a handful at times lol.
