Factanonverba
Arachnopeon
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- Oct 24, 2010
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I've read that room temp is just fine for a Chilean rose and no additional heat is necessary, but I've noticed that my tarantula will consistently position itself toward wherever the highest amount of heat is located.
Observation; I keep her in a plastic shoe box which I used to place on top of my snake's terrarium cover, which has a heat emitter next to it. The tarantula would wedge itself up against the plastic wall which was nearest the emitter. If I turn the T's enclosure around so shes on the opposite end, she will move over toward the emitter. I've turned it on all four corners and each time it moves to whichever end is closer to the emitter. I placed a thermometer over the area inside the T's enclosure and revealed that the warmth was around 80-81F.
To give the entire enclosure a little more ambient warmth I placed her on top of my DVR (half the enclosure is over the warm vents, other half is off) and the avg temp now inside is about 78, and she started digging in the portion of substrate located underneath a piece of hide cork, I'm assuming to get to the warmth. She will also occasionally place herself on top of the hide, and return to the burrow at leisure.
So the question is, should I purchase some sort of external heat pad to warm the enclosure? I was told by some that this is not advisable for T's, but it seems apparent that mine likes to keep warm even though my room is generally around 72-75F already.
Observation; I keep her in a plastic shoe box which I used to place on top of my snake's terrarium cover, which has a heat emitter next to it. The tarantula would wedge itself up against the plastic wall which was nearest the emitter. If I turn the T's enclosure around so shes on the opposite end, she will move over toward the emitter. I've turned it on all four corners and each time it moves to whichever end is closer to the emitter. I placed a thermometer over the area inside the T's enclosure and revealed that the warmth was around 80-81F.
To give the entire enclosure a little more ambient warmth I placed her on top of my DVR (half the enclosure is over the warm vents, other half is off) and the avg temp now inside is about 78, and she started digging in the portion of substrate located underneath a piece of hide cork, I'm assuming to get to the warmth. She will also occasionally place herself on top of the hide, and return to the burrow at leisure.
So the question is, should I purchase some sort of external heat pad to warm the enclosure? I was told by some that this is not advisable for T's, but it seems apparent that mine likes to keep warm even though my room is generally around 72-75F already.