One of the fastest OWs be very mindful of this!
I have read what i could find about them but there isnt a lot of info. They are quite an unpopular species
tarantulas do not require humidity....some need damp sub, but the moisture in the air doesn't really matter. Anything suggesting special humidity requirements for any t should be immediately disregarded.
nothing says ‘thriving terrarium’ like turning it into a desiccation chamber
I suggested NOTHING of the sort.
i did nothing of the sort my friend - i have zero reason to invent things and you were quite explicit in your argument saying, and i quote “tarantulas do not require humidity” to which you then further expanded upon that with “anything suggesting special humidity requirements for any t should be immediately disregarded” - the only caveat being that some species require damp substrate, indeed
you did exactly that....you attributed what I wrote to suggesting a desiccation chamber...which is flat out ridiculous.
i made a conclusion you disagree with based upon the logic within your original argument - that’s not taking what you said out of context
Hmmm, in 25 years of keeping, it has yet to happen...how long will I need to wait?
See, now you have to make up all kinds of assumptions to prove your point......once in a blue moon, my goodness, do you read this stuff before you click post?
See, you even use absurdities to attempt to prove your point. If every animal in the whole of Africa needed humidity, there would be no surface life in the dry places. Those animals need a water source, not humidity. Are you trying to claim gazelle, lions, hyenas,humans, flies, etc., etc, have humidity requirements...cause they don't....the very notion is absurd and ignores life in deserts and super dry climates where life still flourishes.
And here is why its obvious you simply like going after me whenever you "think" you can. Here we have a long time keeper and successful breeder, who says he keeps his dry with a water dish and we don't get a peep out of you refuting his claims, which are basically the same claims I make.
if you want to keep wild animals in unnatural conditions to confirm your ego and laziness in keeping that’s on you - you’re free to use whatever unsubstantiated rationalizations you please as we have so seen below
keeping T’s in conditions which are literally drier than the Sahara for no other reason than laziness and bs rationalizations is absurd - even in the Sahara the relative humidity range is still 25-45% and this is arguably 1 of the most arid places on the whole continent
how exactly am i making things up? are you suggesting this doesn’t accurately describe the way most T’s are kept?
yes, and those desert animals generally have special adaptations to deal with said arid conditions eg: P. anchietae has beaded scales to maximize moisture absorption and retention - are you seriously telling me there would be nothing wrong with shoving an adult male lion into a glass box which has been made artificially dry to the point where it’s drier than most deserts that there would be no adverse health effects from those living conditions? really?
saying “I’ve done it X way and my animal didn’t immediately” is not an actual argument and doesn’t mean anything to me - curious as to why you think it would - if you would like to substantiate your argument with peer-reviewed scientific studies i’ll gladly read them[/quote]