king baboon temps

[monty_python]

hi

what are the recommended temps for a king baboon??
the is alot of differance on all the caresheets i have read.
also how do you guys heat your spiders???
i tape a heat mat to the back wall of the tank and have it on a stat.

 

[thedude]

just keep it room temp dude... around 70-75

 

[Mushroom Spore]

the is alot of differance on all the caresheets i have read.

Stop reading caresheets. I have pretty much never seen a tarantula caresheet that was worth beans.

Room temp is indeed fine unless your house is freezing. Also if those caresheets have convinced you that humidity % is important: it isn't. Tarantulas either need it dry, kinda damp, or really damp. Those are the only humidity "numbers" that matter. (I have no idea which of those categories your tarantula falls into.)

 

[DreadLobster]

I keep all my T's in a walk in closet with a space heater around 82 degrees (or at least thats what I aim for... those things are damn inaccurate and hard to keep consistent). I keep a humidifier in there too, but don't run it all the time. As was already noted, humidity is not a specific number. Most of my species are tropical though, so I figure the humidifier couldn't hurt.

Much the same, temperature also isn't a specific number. Even in tropical or subtropical climates, there are pretty big differences (not like winter/summer in a temperate zone, but still...) in temp over day and night let alone seasons. So if your house is around 70 most of the time, your T will be fine. The purpose of keeping it warm, is that it will (hopefully) speed up your T's metabolism and therefor increasing its appetite, and then hopefully speed up how fast it grows. So if you have a King Baboon sling, and you're hoping for it to grow fast since they're really slow growers, yes, definitely keep it warm and feed it as often as it will eat.

From everything I've read, King Baboons come from pretty dry areas. So I wouldn't keep it too humid. Although, they do live underground, and their burrows in the wild would definitely be more humid than the outside...

 

[Rochelle]

C.crawshayi live in the hard pan desert of Africa. It is brutally hot and dry there. They burrow to escape the intense heat...
Therefore keeping a heat mat too warm or underneath the tank will be counter productive; since these T's will instinctively burrow to escape the heat and unknowingly place themselves even closer to the source.
Keep them at room temps (equivalent to the temps in their deep burrows). If you have a sling - simply wet one corner once or twice a week and let dry out between waterings. At 1.5" you can give a pop top as a water dish. Place a marble or such in it, if you are worried they will drown.
Hope you found this helpful.

 

[D-back]

I use a 25W red bulb to keep temps a bit above room temperatures, but this isn't necessary. It's only my preference. During daytime I have in the enclosures 77-80 and at night 73-75...

 

[monty_python]

its winter here in ireland and my house is 65-67
are these temps ok???
my 6inich king baboon is very inactive and there has been 2 locast in with her for over a week now and she isnt eating them so i tought it was the cold.
also she molted a few weeks ago so its not that

 

[Sterlingspider]

its winter here in ireland and my house is 65-67
are these temps ok???
my 6inich king baboon is very inactive and there has been 2 locast in with her for over a week now and she isnt eating them so i tought it was the cold.
also she molted a few weeks ago so its not that

I would pull the locusts out asap. Generally if a T doesn't eat within a few hours leaving food in there longer is just likely to stress them (and in a few circumstances can cause them harm).

The bigger the T the longer it tends to take for them to recover from molting, she may simply not be up to eating yet. Usually I try to give the adults about two weeks post molt before offering food again.

In cooler temps Ts will become more inactive so don't be too surprised if she eats less anyway.

 

[monty_python]

ok i have the food out of the tank
thanks for the advice guys
ill leave her alone for a while a try feed her again in a week or so