Are Candles Harmful to Phidippus regius & Avicularia avic.?

[megandfangs]

I have 5 Phidippus regius & one Avicularia avicularia. I was wondering if scented candles can harm them in any way?

I would also like to inquire on what everyone uses to clean their house that won’t be harmful to the arachnids?

 

[Ultum4Spiderz]

I have 5 Phidippus regius & one Avicularia avicularia. I was wondering if scented candles can harm them in any way?

I would also like to inquire on what everyone uses to clean their house that won’t be harmful to the arachnids?

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Hazard from scented candles and smudge?

So I recently got my first tarantula, a 2" juvenile Brachypelma hamorii. I have her in my room, which is at the end of a hallway and directly adjacent to the main bathroom. The doors to the two rooms are perpendicular to one another with about five feet between them. My mother sometimes uses...

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[CRX]

I'd actually like to know this too. If i remember right, smoke can severely irritate them

IIRC smoke is toxic to almost all inverts

 

[darkness975]

I have 5 Phidippus regius & one Avicularia avicularia. I was wondering if scented candles can harm them in any way?

I would also like to inquire on what everyone uses to clean their house that won’t be harmful to the arachnids?

Yes candles are harmful.

I have been okay using swiffer wet jet for the floors. I do use bleach and other cleaners for the bathroom but I keep the door shut and the window open until it airs out.

 

[The Snark]

Depends on if you want small amounts of the carcinogens benzene, formaldehyde, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as well as the toxins carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide in the air of your home.

 

[Glorfindel]

Scented Paraffin Candles have more additives than Bees Wax Candles

 

[IntermittentSygnal]

In addition, T’s have book lungs. They don’t breathe like vertebrates. They can’t cough it out.