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Okay, guys. I just updated the master post.
Thoth:
I'm not worried about Ts getting poisoned from heavy metals by touching them. I'm worried about the heavy metals leeching into the moisture in the substrate and the spider ingesting or absorbing it from there.
I could have listed all the heavy metals but I tried to limit them to ones that a keeper might be tempted to drop in a cage. So no, Uranium is not safe for tarantulas either. It makes a pretty orange glaze though which might be tempting.
Thoth:
I'm not worried about Ts getting poisoned from heavy metals by touching them. I'm worried about the heavy metals leeching into the moisture in the substrate and the spider ingesting or absorbing it from there.
I could have listed all the heavy metals but I tried to limit them to ones that a keeper might be tempted to drop in a cage. So no, Uranium is not safe for tarantulas either. It makes a pretty orange glaze though which might be tempting.