Heating solutions

[eggsbenedict]

Good afternoon,

I am getting my first tarantula, a G.pulchripes juvenile, hopefully next week. I'm living in an old house and my room seems to get fairly chilly, to around 15 degrees Celsius and below. I want to make sure I have a heating solution in place ideally before my juvenile arrives and having done a bit of research I'm aware that heat matts are generally frowned upon, and I can understand why as they sound potentially dangerous. I am looking for suggestions for a good heating solution, preferably something not too expensive as I'm on a fairly tight budget currently. I am also looking at putting some more weather stripping around my window as that seems to be a source of cold air into my room.

Cheers.

 

[Brewser]

Welcome,
Congratulations...
small space heater suggested
Best Wishes & Keep Warm

 

[Andrew Clayton]

Good afternoon,

I am getting my first tarantula, a G.pulchripes juvenile, hopefully next week. I'm living in an old house and my room seems to get fairly chilly, to around 15 degrees Celsius and below. I want to make sure I have a heating solution in place ideally before my juvenile arrives and having done a bit of research I'm aware that heat matts are generally frowned upon, and I can understand why as they sound potentially dangerous. I am looking for suggestions for a good heating solution, preferably something not too expensive as I'm on a fairly tight budget currently. I am also looking at putting some more weather stripping around my window as that seems to be a source of cold air into my room.

Cheers.

A space heater is going to be your best option, although heat mats are generally not advised, as long as you use it correctly it's fine.
By putting it on a side of the enclosure rather than underneath it, also you don't want to cover the whole side of it.

 

[viper69]

Space heater

 

[TenebrisAvicularia]

Spacial heater are the best for something like this. One with a timer is preferable, though I'm sure that you could just turn it off every 30-60 minutes or when needed. Just make sure to keep your Ts water dish full, the heater will dry it out faster in my experience.

 

[Dorifto]

Being from UK, get a nice ultratherm heat mat and place it in one side.

Use a thermostat to control the heat, placing the probe on top of the mat, so it measures the actual glass temperature rather than the air.

Placing it beneath the soil it's not advised, but it can be done if it's done correctly. I do it this way to minic how the burrow behaves on winter, but you need to take a lot of precautions.

The proper use of heat mats

Mods could you please make this a sticky as there's so much misinformation about heat mats? So heat mats are perfectly safe to use IF they're used properly. They're like a mini space heater when used properly. 1) Heat mats MUST be plugged into a thermostat. That's a thermostat NOT a...

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Feel free asking any questions!

 

[cold blood]

The best method is to get a tank you can put your sling enclosure (or any size t) into, and heat the tank with a heat pad in the side....this way you avoid direct contact with the t enclosure while gently heating it by essentially creating a micro-climate.