Candles and incense... Harmful?

Kazaam

Kazaam

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Lenxx said:
See, this is something ill never get my head around... If you can go without sigarettes for months, why would you then even consider taking another one again...? :o_O:
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It temporarily reduces stress,, which is great (IMO)
I don't always have a lot of stress but whenever I do I prefer to smoke one instead of going into some kind of ridiculous ''stress release therapy'' which costs a whole lot more than cigarettes do.
 
cacoseraph

cacoseraph

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there probably is a very neglible effect but i would guess letting them go one day extra in too dry of an eclosure w/o proper hydration would be far more deletorious. there are tons of ppl who smoke tons and haven ot had any noticeably higher death rates. i kept a black widow that i blew smoke into her container every time i smoked at home for more than a year. her enclosure inside picked up a tacky residue and she never acted any different than any other healthy widow i kept. spider lungs, especially primitive spider lungs work way different than ours and they just aren't going to breathe much smoke in. i would guesstimate primary vector for them is particulate and condensation on their exo which they cat clean off and end up ingesting. but even that vector is limited by the fact they shed for most or all of their lives. also, they shed the lining of their lungs so they can't get tar lung like a person can. i can maybe see some secondary exposure for true spiders that make webs that they ingest to recover proteins on. sheet web spiders that eatcycle their webs would probably be most at risk and might be fun to experiment on

would it be better to not smoke/burn around them at all? eh, probably not noticeably so. are you going to wipe them out with a bit of incense or candles? almost certainly not.

there are tons of other things that would be much more reasonable opportunities to increase their healthiness before something like this, imo
 
emc37

emc37

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In college, my roommates smoked hookah (and other stuff :laugh: ) at least twice a day. Living in a house with 3 girls, my tarantulas were constantly exposed to perfume, scented candles, nail polish and nail polish remover, hair spray, Febreeze, random cleaning products, and smoke from stir frying (and burning food when one of my less experienced roommates attempted to cook :sarcasm: ) . I have 19 Ts, most are slings and juvies, but I do have 5 adults. They all have never experienced DKS or other symptoms, and their appetites and molting schedules remain constant. I know that some types of wood (like cedar) produce natural insecticides, so I don't know what would happen if your Ts were exposed to fumes from burned cedar incense sticks. But everything else considered, my Ts seem to have a pretty high tolerance for "un-pure" air :biggrin:

Would I ever directly spray something on a tarantula or blow smoke on it? Heeeck no! But IME indirect exposure has not had any harmful effects on my Ts.
 
poisoned

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emc37 said:
I know that some types of wood (like cedar) produce natural insecticides, so I don't know what would happen if your Ts were exposed to fumes from burned cedar incense sticks.
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People also kept tarantulas with conifer wood for decor succesfully, although there's not enough evidence to prove if it is or it's not harmful. I think it's safe if they don't start to chew on it, but I am avoiding conifer wood at the moment. If anyone has lots of slings, that's experiment that should be made. I think effects would show quickly on slings.
 
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