Thanks for this, Patricia! It's my household's first winter with spiders, and even though we keep it 70 - 75, they've already started hunkering down. We use a cheap Amazon humidifier for our tropical folks, as the dry air is our biggest problem (we're in CO). We've also got a couple of arid terrestrials like Spidey, and their behavior hasn't changed much yet. Thanks for being such an informative, down-to-earth resource for keepers!
Great video,Spidy looks huge lol, I’ve found mine use there burrows & hides more come winter, definite slower food response and general laziness to, there definitely more active and eat more come summer or warmer weather and terrestrials start there bulldozing jobs, but winter or summer some things never change….the weirdness ,strangeness and absolute craziness of these amazing creatures 😂😂🫶
I am north of you in Newfoundland Canada. It's in the high 40's on the Farenheit scale. Weather is all over the place. One day 40s next day 60's...rain/sun/wind very unseasonal for us the last few years. I don't currently have a spider yet. I've just convinced my resident arachnaphobe aka my wife to let me have one in the new year. So I'm taking the time to do research.
Thanks for this Patricia! Babs and Sasha are sluggish and not eating as the weather got colder. As a new keeper I was getting worried. I keep my house at about 68-69 degrees.
Thank you for the last video I watched on enclosure info. I have always owned snakes ! I have been afraid of these spiders for years and have Arachnophobia ! However, I have overcome my fear of these amazing, beautiful arachnids, Especially when you have a spider crawl across your bed and say hello! I subbed your channel for care info and because I will be hopefully purchasing a female Tarantula soon. 🤓
Yay!!! Glad my videos were helpful and congrats on challenging your fear of spiders! Getting a tarantula is a very great step. It definitely helped my fears turn into curiosity.
@@TarantulaHeaven Well I could be wrong, since I've never personally kept any spiders, but I heard the burrowing for cold from an podcast on an other spider channel. They basically said that in a desert climate the animals seek to burrow to get away from the scorching sun, and also thats when they emerge if they need a bit more heat. So if the spider constantly sits high up it's seeking for more warmth from the sun.
Hello there and friendly greetings! First thing: thanks for sharing those informations! Even if winter is not that very cold where I live (temperature float around C° -1/10) my house is decently warm, around C° 20/24. I bought a radiant heater to keep my tarantulas (I got 3 adults and 2 spiderlings) at a constant temperature of C° 24 (just the part of the house where I keep the enclosures). A behaviour I have noticed is that the tarantulas tend to move toward the source of heat (that is 2,30 mts far from the enclosures) and remain there, legs spreaded, perfectly still. I've also noticed that at night, when the heater is off (and the local temperature is around C° 20/21) they tend to roam around and webbing the enclosure. I wish I could enclose here a picture because it's quite a strange behaviour to see. Have you experienced a similar behaviour? Is it normal? They all seem to be healty and well but I am too new to the hobby to be sure of that... Thanks for reading this textwall!🙂Have a great day!
My Spidey isn't very active in general so it's hard to tell, but I have noticed that when I did have a little room heater close to her tank she tended to gravitate to that side. I have heard of others reporting that, too.
Thanks for this, Patricia! It's my household's first winter with spiders, and even though we keep it 70 - 75, they've already started hunkering down. We use a cheap Amazon humidifier for our tropical folks, as the dry air is our biggest problem (we're in CO).
We've also got a couple of arid terrestrials like Spidey, and their behavior hasn't changed much yet. Thanks for being such an informative, down-to-earth resource for keepers!
Spidey's behavior doesn't change much either, she just goes from being slow to super slow lol
Great video,Spidy looks huge lol, I’ve found mine use there burrows & hides more come winter, definite slower food response and general laziness to, there definitely more active and eat more come summer or warmer weather and terrestrials start there bulldozing jobs, but winter or summer some things never change….the weirdness ,strangeness and absolute craziness of these amazing creatures 😂😂🫶
I am north of you in Newfoundland Canada. It's in the high 40's on the Farenheit scale. Weather is all over the place. One day 40s next day 60's...rain/sun/wind very unseasonal for us the last few years. I don't currently have a spider yet. I've just convinced my resident arachnaphobe aka my wife to let me have one in the new year. So I'm taking the time to do research.
I had to talk my husband into the hobby, and now he LOVES our spiders 🤣 It's a great adventure, welcome aboard
That's great!!!
It is also winter where i am at and my spider has slowed down she is an aggressive eater but now she is starting to skip meals and go onto a doet
Ah yes the annual winter fast :)
Thanks for this Patricia! Babs and Sasha are sluggish and not eating as the weather got colder. As a new keeper I was getting worried. I keep my house at about 68-69 degrees.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for the last video I watched on enclosure info. I have always owned snakes ! I have been afraid of these spiders for years and have Arachnophobia ! However, I have overcome my fear of these amazing, beautiful arachnids, Especially when you have a spider crawl across your bed and say hello! I subbed your channel for care info and because I will be hopefully purchasing a female Tarantula soon. 🤓
Yay!!! Glad my videos were helpful and congrats on challenging your fear of spiders! Getting a tarantula is a very great step. It definitely helped my fears turn into curiosity.
G/M Patricia. I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Another good reminder video. As always see you in week.
Thank you!
I thought they burrow when they want more moisture or cold, and climb out when either wanting more sunlight/warmth or are hungry.
I have definitely heard about the burrowing for moisture before. I think they seek warmth more than cold.
@@TarantulaHeaven Well I could be wrong, since I've never personally kept any spiders, but I heard the burrowing for cold from an podcast on an other spider channel. They basically said that in a desert climate the animals seek to burrow to get away from the scorching sun, and also thats when they emerge if they need a bit more heat. So if the spider constantly sits high up it's seeking for more warmth from the sun.
How many Tarantulas do you own ?
I just have one right now. I had two but my sling passed last year. I am thinking about getting another.
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Sounds good !!
Keep up the good work
with your videos !!
Hello there and friendly greetings!
First thing: thanks for sharing those informations! Even if winter is not that very cold where I live (temperature float around C° -1/10) my house is decently warm, around C° 20/24. I bought a radiant heater to keep my tarantulas (I got 3 adults and 2 spiderlings) at a constant temperature of C° 24 (just the part of the house where I keep the enclosures).
A behaviour I have noticed is that the tarantulas tend to move toward the source of heat (that is 2,30 mts far from the enclosures) and remain there, legs spreaded, perfectly still.
I've also noticed that at night, when the heater is off (and the local temperature is around C° 20/21) they tend to roam around and webbing the enclosure.
I wish I could enclose here a picture because it's quite a strange behaviour to see.
Have you experienced a similar behaviour? Is it normal? They all seem to be healty and well but I am too new to the hobby to be sure of that...
Thanks for reading this textwall!🙂Have a great day!
My Spidey isn't very active in general so it's hard to tell, but I have noticed that when I did have a little room heater close to her tank she tended to gravitate to that side. I have heard of others reporting that, too.