Second time today posting about concern for my Ts. I'm new to the hobby, bear with me here...
I have a Haplopelma vonwirthi and I noticed today that his substrate is still pretty moist. I bought a thermometer/hygrometer and tested it today. The humidity in the enclosure topped out at 89% today, which seems really high. Its been about a week since I softened up the substrate (it was one of those eco earth blocks you put in water to expand) and its still not drying out. I was thinking the high humidity might have something to do with the fact that I'm in Florida and it rained today. Also, the enclosure is a plastic tub so maybe I haven't drilled enough holes in it.
Basically, my question is how do I dry out the substrate quicker? I can't exactly replace the substrate because the spider webbed himself into a corner real good and I don't want to destroy his webbing. He completely surrounded himself in webbing so I feel like he might molt soon.
I have a Haplopelma vonwirthi and I noticed today that his substrate is still pretty moist. I bought a thermometer/hygrometer and tested it today. The humidity in the enclosure topped out at 89% today, which seems really high. Its been about a week since I softened up the substrate (it was one of those eco earth blocks you put in water to expand) and its still not drying out. I was thinking the high humidity might have something to do with the fact that I'm in Florida and it rained today. Also, the enclosure is a plastic tub so maybe I haven't drilled enough holes in it.
Basically, my question is how do I dry out the substrate quicker? I can't exactly replace the substrate because the spider webbed himself into a corner real good and I don't want to destroy his webbing. He completely surrounded himself in webbing so I feel like he might molt soon.