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Hi Sara,congrats on your new addition.

I'm going to stick my neck out and say I'm 99.9% certain that's a T.stirmi you have there and not T.blondi which is a good thing as T.stirmi are bit more hardier than T.blondi.

I'm not sure how much research you've done on keeping these but there's a fair amount of misinformation out there regarding how to keep them,so I'll give you a quick run down of how I keep mine.

Substrate I use top soil mixed with some vermiculite and keep it moist not wet or soggy,some keepers put gravel underneath the sub but in my opinion it's not needed you don't want it that wet in there,ventilation holes in the upper sides for cross ventilation I don't put air holes in the top as it lets out the humidity and ruins the microclimate effect keep a large water dish full at all times between that and the moist sub that will keep the humidity at a suitable level,temps 75-80 Fahrenheit is fine.

One thing to remember is don't mist the enclosure as it kicks up hairs and these are some of the worst you don't want them on your skin,to keep the sub moist just randomly sprinkle water over it that way you won't get the hairs airborne.

When it comes to feeding crickets,roaches,superworms are fine even although theses T's get quite large you don't need to feed them mice or anything like that,I feed mine once a week and give 5-6 large roaches at a time and their all big and healthy looking without feeding them mice or any larger prey.

Anyway I hope this give you an idea of how to keep these T's thriving if you have any questions just ask and enjoy your new T.......