jesstarantula<3
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No matter what I do the hygrometer reads a moderate 60% and nothing seems to be working. I looked up a few websites and they all say it should range anywhere from 65-80%. Help please!
You dont need to raise the humidity up in a B. smithi's enclosure.. They like it BONE DRY... They do NOT need 65-80% humidity..No matter what I do the hygrometer reads a moderate 60% and nothing seems to be working. I looked up a few websites and they all say it should range anywhere from 65-80%. Help please!
They Do? Where?I agree with the above. B. Smithi actually live in florida now because of the pet trade. LOL they can be found outside. along with anything else that escapes from someones home.
What? Really? Are you certain your not thinking of the Brachypelma vagans?I agree with the above. B. Smithi actually live in florida now because of the pet trade. LOL they can be found outside. along with anything else that escapes from someones home.
What? Really? Are you certain your not thinking of the Brachypelma vagans?
I know they are there.. Never heard of the smithi living there now...
I am pretty sure its the B. vagans that is living in Florida.. Not the smithi..I remember reading it in the tarantula keepers guide. I very well could be mistaken. ill have to browse through it unless someone knows off the top of there head.
LoL.. I would say you can release some of the smithi my way.. But I hate the itch.. Im still itching from rehoming my almost 5" female.. No worries about that after Monday though..thanks for the correction. I was thinking i should release some B. smithi to cover my tracks but its ok i can handle being incorrect
I havnt found that any hairs itch too bad. although my chest is itchy from my G. rosea. he loaded me with hairs as he was crawling on me.. Ill have to experiment with my T. Spinipes "burgundy" at least thats what the new name will be. It prob. depends where i get haired.. seems my hands dont react at all.LoL.. I would say you can release some of the smithi my way.. But I hate the itch.. Im still itching from rehoming my almost 5" female.. No worries about that after Monday though..
Adding to what ever everyone else has said, hygrometers are 99% of the time rather useless due to their inaccuracy. If you want to be sure that what you measure is correct, you have to buy a hygrometer that costs a few hundred bucks.No matter what I do the hygrometer reads a moderate 60% and nothing seems to be working. I looked up a few websites and they all say it should range anywhere from 65-80%. Help please!
I agree with everything but the misting of the enclosure.. As you already know.. They like it bone dry.. Right? OK.. What is the point in misting a B. smithi's enclosure?Also 50-65% humidity is enough for B.smithi. Bone dry substrate, shallow dish of fresh water and a bit of mist the side of terarrium once a week(just a little!) and he/she will be fine and happy.
Where did you get that information?They like it BONE DRY... They do NOT need 65-80% humidity..
Deciduous tropical forests are far from bone dry. Contrary to popular belief, this species does not live in arid desert habitats.Their natural habitat is in deciduous tropical forests in hilly southwestern Mexico, especially in Colima and Guerrero.
As pointed out by others and as should be quite clear by itself, the spider we have in our care doesn't live in the rain forest. It lives in a small, artificial environment that is very controlled. We take care of the spiders needs actively by giving it water and food. The spider does not have to rely on morning mist, mid day thunderstorms, there are no trees, vines, no streams, or what ever else. If we tried to simulate a tropical/rainforest in our tanks the spider would be dead within a few days I'm sure, because the thing we can simulate least of all is large area ventilation. So pointing at a paper that says [fill in what ever wet environment] and then taking only one element from that environment (wetness) and assuming it makes up for said environment is rather... silly.Where did you get that information?
According to this paper:
Deciduous tropical forests are far from bone dry. Contrary to popular belief, this species does not live in arid desert habitats.
You don't seem to realise that, even after taking natural ventilation into account, the air in a tropical forest is CONSTANTLY humid? Your point about ventilation is moot, because in the spider's natural habitat, air circulation and ventilation are two processes that are constantly at work, and yet the humidity in the air remains high. Keepers should simulate their animals' natural habitat as accurately as they can; in this case, maintaining a relatively high level of humidity and at the same time providing a good amount of ventilation, which is very possible and easy to do in a high-ventilation enclosure (for instance a Kritter Keeper) with a large water dish (evaporation from the dish keeps humidity inside the enclosure stable) and moist (not wet) substrate.As pointed out by others and as should be quite clear by itself, the spider we have in our care doesn't live in the rain forest. It lives in a small, artificial environment that is very controlled. We take care of the spiders needs actively by giving it water and food. The spider does not have to rely on morning mist, mid day thunderstorms, there are no trees, vines, no streams, or what ever else. If we tried to simulate a tropical/rainforest in our tanks the spider would be dead within a few days I'm sure, because the thing we can simulate least of all is large area ventilation. So pointing at a paper that says [fill in what ever wet environment] and then taking only one element from that environment (wetness) and assuming it makes up for said environment is rather... silly.
Fine. Do it your way. If it works, I'm happy for you.
For what it's worth; I don't have such problems here, and I live in a country 4 degrees north of the equator - humidity here is a constant 80% or higher and gets to 100% when it rains. I haven't had any of the issues you experienced.For everybody else:
Dry is safe, dry works. Examples of the contrary as I've experienced it: If I have only a little constant moisture I get mould, and I've tried different subs and tanks that are ultra well ventilated (I promise!) If I have moist air and not enough air circulation in an arboreal tank, I have dead avics. In dry tanks they've been fine. (Learned this with the help of 7 dead versis and one survivor who made it to maturity in a dry tank)
Conditions here in this country: Very dry air, in winter (5 months) near 0% humidity.
Wow! And you still mist!?!?! :? Why do you even bother?For what it's worth; I don't have such problems here, and I live in a country 4 degrees north of the equator - humidity here is a constant 80% or higher and gets to 100% when it rains. I haven't had any of the issues you experienced.