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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 133393" data-attributes="member: 26980">Tarantulas may climb because they don't like the substrate, totally if it's too moist or has vermaculite.  If there is loud "music" with strong vibrations from a lower floor, they might get off of the substrate.  Feeders in the substrate + lack of interest in good can also do this. The grunts of the orc do not concern me, but sadly my Ts don't have the ability to ignore it.Another reason they climb up to the highest point is that they are too cold. Ts go for height and light when cold and down and dark when hot regardless of where the cold or heat source actually is.Even my arboreal ones don't hang out upside down on the lid unless they are chasing a feeder over the screen which seldom happens.I'd investigate further to see if the T just happens to do that because of an inborn tendency or if something is literally driving it up the wall.</blockquote>