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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Phil" data-source="post: 161997" data-attributes="member: 4151">Hi Diane, welcome to the forum. Best advice I can give anyone is to ignore care sheets, they are generally garbage. Best advice comes from the people who love and care for these amazing creatures and you will lots of them on this wonderful forum.I have nearly 200 currently at various ages and they all have the basic care requirements.1. Coco fibre substrate. Dry with a slightly misted area in one part of the enclosure only2. open water dish with fresh water always available (I use cooled down boiled water but many others used bottled). I also use the same cooled down water for misting3. Feeding, usually only feed prey that is no larger than the size of the abdomen of your spider that way as the spider grows, as does the prey item. slings I feed x2 a week, juvie and adults just the once as I don't like to overfeed4. Heating, if you feel comfortable then your spider will. There is no need to have temps in the mid eighties at all. If you do have a cold house a heat mat can be used but always mount vertically, never UNDER the enclosure and ideally no more than 50% of the enclosure so they have a warm and cool area as their mood takes them.5. hides, cork bark or plastic plant pots are usually best. They will feel comfortable with somewhere they can retreat to if they get spooked.5. make more space!!!!, this is a very very addictive hobby and you will want more and more ...ha ha I hope the above was useful. We have a gallery (media) section on this forum where we can all get to see your collection <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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