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<blockquote data-quote="m0lsx" data-source="post: 184822" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>Personally, I don't use heat & I don't measure humidity on any of my T's & that includes in my blondi, or my stirmi's enclosures & they all seem to do well. They are much more robust & easier to keep than some other species.</p><p></p><p>One of my stirmi's I brought as an adult. And she came in an enclosure that was really dry. It also had a large branch from a Christmas Tree in it & anything pine contains a natural insecticide. But she was doing fine. So don't panic, you are doing far better than some keepers do & are far more stressed about this than your blondi is.</p><p></p><p>Try to forget everything that certain people try to indoctrinate you with, about humidity & think basic husbandry. Think substrate & water bowl to start with. I keep the substrate moist, but not wet & I normally use a syringe, clear a corner of substrate & try to get the water at the bottom of the enclosure & I try to change the corner that I use & thus avoid mold. Like that I get areas of different moisture levels. I also keep a larger than normal water dish in the enclosure with blondi's & stirmis. Another good & cheap addition, that I like, is sphagnum moss, I place a clump of this in the enclosure & that again holds water & gives an effective way of misting an area of the enclosure.</p><p></p><p>You would have had a learning curve with any first tarantula & there are species much more difficult to keep than a T blondi. So stop stressing, change the way you think & start enjoying your T.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="m0lsx, post: 184822, member: 29323"] Personally, I don't use heat & I don't measure humidity on any of my T's & that includes in my blondi, or my stirmi's enclosures & they all seem to do well. They are much more robust & easier to keep than some other species. One of my stirmi's I brought as an adult. And she came in an enclosure that was really dry. It also had a large branch from a Christmas Tree in it & anything pine contains a natural insecticide. But she was doing fine. So don't panic, you are doing far better than some keepers do & are far more stressed about this than your blondi is. Try to forget everything that certain people try to indoctrinate you with, about humidity & think basic husbandry. Think substrate & water bowl to start with. I keep the substrate moist, but not wet & I normally use a syringe, clear a corner of substrate & try to get the water at the bottom of the enclosure & I try to change the corner that I use & thus avoid mold. Like that I get areas of different moisture levels. I also keep a larger than normal water dish in the enclosure with blondi's & stirmis. Another good & cheap addition, that I like, is sphagnum moss, I place a clump of this in the enclosure & that again holds water & gives an effective way of misting an area of the enclosure. You would have had a learning curve with any first tarantula & there are species much more difficult to keep than a T blondi. So stop stressing, change the way you think & start enjoying your T. [/QUOTE]
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