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Message: <blockquote data-quote="testdasi" data-source="post: 175696" data-attributes="member: 32655">Which tarantula are you looking to get and what size?If it's a typical terrestrial NW species then you should not have mites problem, especially in England. Those enclosures are never wet enough to sustain a mite population (and even if there are mites, just drying it out should be harmless to the tarantula).Short-term humidity during cooking is also harmless to the tarantula as long as the environment and the enclosure are well-ventilated. Humidity on its own is harmless, it's stale humid air that is not good.Cupboards are actually ok if you can have a LED light set on timer. That's how to hide tarantulas in a desk drawer. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite6" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":cool:" />.One tip for you: if you want your tarantula to settle in quickly, leave the enclosure somewhere dark (pitch-black e.g. a cup board is actually perfect) and don't touch it for 2 days. Don't check on it, don't change water, just leave it (I know it's hard). My tarantulas have always settled in really quickly with that trick. (Of course, make sure you have a filled water dish and a correctly setup enclosure prior to doing that).</blockquote>