help me find the breed of my tarantula

[cold blood]

Just wondering where should the heatmat be ?

In the garbage.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

In the garbage.

Ah ah ah, the truth. Incredible.

 

[Bradley Rowbotham]

In the garbage.

What's wrong with a heatmat ??

 

[TownesVanZandt]

What's wrong with a heatmat ??

Tarantulas are not necessarily the brightest among God´s creatures . They are naturally drawn to heat and will pretty much dig themselves to wherever the heatmat is situated and stay there until they get dehydrated and/or cooked alive!

Edit: Normal room temperatures will suffice for almost any species. I keep both tropical and arid tarantulas from across the globe in a room with temperatures ranging between 20-25 degrees.

 

[matypants]

Don't consider the heat mat a complete waste. You could re-purpose it and use it to heat a cricket tub / enclosure. The crickets would likely breed once it is warm enough. Should you find yourself interested in tarantulas, you would have a great supply of food without much effort.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

What's wrong with a heatmat ??

Everything. With that said, i love when shop keepers lure people into buying useless piece of plastic garbage at non reasonable prices.

 

[lalberts9310]

What's wrong with a heatmat ??

Heat mats creates hot spots and dries the air out in the enclosure significantly, making the T vulnerable to dehydration.

 

[owlbear]

This thread makes me happy, welcome to the hobby! Tarantulas are beautiful and fascinating animals.

Also, no worries about a heat mat, your tarantula will be just fine without it, and they can overheat easily and kill him otherwise. They are mostly very simple to care for.

 

[petkokc]

At start of thread I really thought you are just trolling people...I'm really glad how it turned out ^^

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I'm gonna help it live its life for a long as possible

I have absolutely no doubts about, Bradley. You have a duty to carry on. A family legacy... that no ID MM Theraphosidae is literally Arthurian material, Uther Pendragon gave him the first micro cricket, then Merlin granted him longevity.

That... your MM... he, he's a truly Britain Patriot and Legend! <--- tears of joy

 

[ratluvr76]

I've been watching him move around it's quite fascinating the way in which they move

as another user mentioned after I read the whole thread... It would seem there is the beginnings of a tarantula enthusiast in this comment..

I disagree. I think there's nothing wrong with feeding a mature male, as opposed to letting a MM die of hunger etc. I have a MM right now, he ate last night. I had a Rose Hair, MM, and it lived a full year plus, even molted at least once before literally time gave out.

I've got a MM G porter that my husband bought as a MM almost 2 years ago.. he's still going strong.