Very good explanation. I designed reptile habitats for decades and one of the main things was warm areas and cooler areas, but no areas they could get to hot nor to cold. Let the animal deside what it likes. While digesting a big meal, a spider may want more heat or just hide away for a bit, etc.
Hello Dave and Camera Lady, greetings from Germany. I'm in the hobby now for about 5 to 6 years and you helped me with your content in a big way especially in how to handle spiders and be calm and gentle ;). A big thumbs up for your advice and sharing your experiences with us on the internet thx u guys. Now like i said I started with my spiders back in 2019 with and keeping them only ]at room temperature around 22°C max. I also studied a lot of spider books and I quickly noticed aswell that the saying of: if you are comfortable, they are comfortable is for me sorry to say kinda bullshit. So I am happy to see that someone like you a big player in internet have the balls now to share your opinion about lightning and heating with us. I hope the response from veterans of the old style keeping (Plasticbox, room temperature) will not get under your skin too much. I can say that I started myself in 2023 with t8 led growlights for my shelfs and keep my room daytimes 25°C and at nights it drops to 20°C. That is a good base and my bioactive Enclosures thrive very well. I also provide for some species that are in need for some extra juice like my c. versicolor or p. Metallica, say mostly my aboreals, getting that done with an halogen spot that produces at the spot in the Enclosures around 30 °C, measured with a heatgun. I run them spots like 2 times for 1 hour straight. Mornings and noontime. It's very interesting to see how the spiders come out and chose the hottest spot about 30- 32° C to bask themselves. Also i noticed much more activities from my spiders even the species that your class under shy ones. I see all my spiders everyday if the don't are in premolt. Since I started with that method my spiders thrive very well and development is nothing compared to my keeping at the start. Haven't bread yet but that is what comes next for me. I do have now 20 different species and 36 tarantulas in total. Just raising some slings from some species I already have and hope I get some males out of it to start breading projects. Looking forward too. So Dave let me know what you thinking about my method and I'm very interested to see how your different approach is working out. We never stop learing from each other. I also found this and they are doing the same and having great success with it. ua-cam.com/users/liveZyZskUy_1Io?si=zkUySXQ6gbveR_Xv So Dave and Camera Lady happy new year best of luck and good stable health and keep doing what you're doing. Kind regards Aaron from Germany 😊
Your system sounds great we have also used hot spots for our arborials and we will cover this too with a video,hopefully we can change some views with our care 👍
Warm and cozy for the spiders dear Dave and Sweet Camera Lady both on the shelves and in the room! Interesting and informative video as usual for those in the hobby!👋🕷🏠❤👍
This has been the most useful common sense approach to enclosure heating.To my shame in the past I have learned the hard way .....my cold over wet enclosures didn't work.Luckily someone introduced me to heating mats and utilising a warm area within the enclosure.This allowed my spiders to chose where they where most comfortable.Night and day on my spiders welfare.....I had lost pink toes and even chilli rose,s!simply too cold and wet.Luckily I left my heat mats on 24/7 un less it was a really hot day.This now makes complete sense of the perils of keeping cold enclosures or too hot! Great video as always and Happy New Year to you and camera lady.Tony 👍👌🙂
The beastis room is looking 👀 very nice. I’m not a spider keeper, but I enjoy all the spiders all the information and now I understand the importance of heating you do a fabulous job. Thank you for all the education from California.
This all makes complete sense. I have my spiders in the warmest room in the house and while they do still molt in the wintertime, in summertime they molt so much more often. My spider room is still a work in progress but I look forward to seeing how this works for you and figuring out how I can implement some of it with my spiders.
Thank you Dave. Ive been all over youtube researching heating and no one else is giving this type of in-depth explanation. Its been such a boon to be able to watch and understand this process.
Dave, you mentioned a few years ago that spiders feel more comfortable at 26° Celsius. Since then, I've kept my spiders at 25-27°, depending on the species. I heat them with cables and mats and regulate these with digital temperature controllers with sensors in the terrarium. So you've already helped my spiders.
Yes! Brillaint video dave and camera lady its about time we moved on from the old ways and did new things very informative video mate hopefully it will help people move away from cold and wet enclosures with a million holes in it looking forward to what comes next 🙏
Hey guys. Thanks for advocating a good dose of common sense in the hobby. It's clear you do your homework and then decide whether to implement an idea or not. I had to chuckle when you mentioned the purists. I call them RSJ's (unbendable). I've got 11 fuzzies, and four of them are still small slings, but before I bought a single sling, I first bought an oil rad, enclosures, substrate, water dishes, bark, moss, even a label machine. Friends thought I was nuts, but I knew I wasn't. I used the tops from the 1.5ml centrifuge tubes as water dishes so as not to drown the slings. All these ideas came from watching your channel and using a bit of my own common. Your room is going to be something special when it's ready, and I can't wait to see what happens from then on. Take care ✌️
When I was watching this video a couple of thoughts popped into my head about the thermal dynamics of this system and I would love for somebody who knows more to explain this more. I'm struggling to see how the wires are different to the heat mats. The laws of thermodynamics state that heat will move from hotter regions to less hotter regions until an equilibrium is reached. Additionally the two prominent heat transfer mechanisms are conduction and convection. I think it's fair to say that the predominant heat transfer between the wire and enclosure and the enclosure and substrate is conduction. Therefore obeying fourier's law the heat will reach an equilibrium in the substrate. Hence reducing the gradient to 0. If we look at the substrate, enclosure and air as a system, we need to look at newtons law of cooling. Which states that the rate at which heat is transfered is proportional to the difference in temperature between the object and the fluid around it. But, due to this there is a number of heat sources for the air in the enclosure. There is the enclosure lid, walls and the substrate. So you're not going to get a strong convection current as the space is small. Therefore the heat would diffuse through the air that is relatively stagnant. Obviously there is some airflow, but the air temperature won't be that different as the larger room will have a convection current which will match the temperature of the shelves so in terms of heat it would be stagnant. I fail to see how this would be different to heating a mat that's under the spider enclosure. Now I've always used heat mats from the side of an enclosure or run heat bulbs to heat the area of the room the spiders are in. (The bulb method is my preferred method as it's where the heat source in the wild comes from.)
There is no difference between cables and heat matts ? But for a larger area the cables are better suited , at the end all we are trying to do is warm an area for our spider to utilize 👍
So much fantastic info in this video I've said it before and I'll say it again Dave you really should write a book or do some classes because you have so much knowledge about this hobby and I think it would be so helpful for many people new and old to the hobby Great video guys 😊👍
This was fantastic! You knew all the questions/concerns I had without having to ask! I really like your perspective on this. I can't wait to see how this works out! We are so close to moving into the new beastie room and I am on the edge of my seat lol. Well done! Thank you for bringing your knowledge to the hobby. Improving our husbandry should be our top priority! I'm currently figuring out how to accomplish this myself with my collection and I'm excited to see how it affects my slings growth and mortality rates!
This was most interesting watching the heating systems for the spiders and how the spider can decide its own most comfortable temperature, all your experience is being put into your enclosures, very interesting.
I really appreciate the tips on using things that are cheaper because I'll be able to do alot more like get that extra plant or whatever because I saved money somewhere else. Thank you for all the great tips. I've learned so much from you guys and still learning.
Hey Dave! Great video man. Really enjoyed it. Watched it at work. Night shifts are extremely boring, so thanks for giving me something to do haha! I think the hobby needs to let go of their old ways. They need to learn the new ways and learn to let go!! It’s not right, keeping the spiders too cold and such. Hope to see the Q&A soon. Yes I will mention it until it comes 😂. #1 Fan over here. Your words Dave, not mine. See you next time, much love from Ontario, Canada! -Noah.
Fantastic stuff Dave, very informative, that's going going to be very effective for the spiders 🕷 Dave, anyway Dave another super job by yourself and camera 📷 lady Dave.
I recall that the thermal conductivity of glass is higher than for plastic. So the glass enclosures will lose heat to the surrounding environment faster than the plastic ones. The heat could really build up in the plastic enclosures, especially if you have a bunch of them side by side. Just think about one of those plastic porta-toilets that's been sitting out in the sun and how blistering hot it gets inside.
Brilliant!!!! A master class in heating for tarantulas. This is the reason, as an educator, I tell everyone keeping arachnids they have to check out your UA-cam channel. I'm not sure if you were ever an instructor, but you're a brilliant teacher.
Love your way of thinking Dave . You bought out some really good points about heating . At least you are very open to better and new ways of how to keep T's . As you pointed out ,in five or ten years ,all this could change and be considered obsolete and new and better ways will develop to keep T's .
Great instructional video mr Dave! I know it's easier said then done and it's sad that people give backlash to people like yourself but dont worry about them! If they bwana keep unhealthy animals then that's on them and drown out there useless noise! You and camera lady are intelligent people and your doing the right thing for your animals to hell with what anyone else says! Great video as usual! Won't belong before you have spiders moving in!
Awesome video Dave, although I'm a beginner with spiders, I have kept reptiles for a long time, I had no idea I could transfer heating principles from reptiles to spiders. This video has answered lots of questions running around in my head. Perfect. Looking forward to seeing you at your next invert show 🕷
Wow Dave this is my 1st look at your new spider room. Absolutely stunning I’m so happy for you and the camera lady. Continued success kind sir looking forward to your new tutorials from your new digs.
I'm glad you said it Camera Lady about Dave bein tight as I've always wondered what that squeakin noise is when Dave moves , n a great vid by the way ..
Very good video guys. I’ve been using a heat mat under my arboreal enclosures with no issues despite all the advice not too. They are all doing well very. This is invaluable information for people worried about keeping their Spiders too hot or too cold especially at this time of year in the UK.
Hi Dave, great video as always. I have been keeping spiders for 18 yrs now and totally couldn't agree more, information out there is wrong and we are told to keep spiders far too cool. I have tested heat cable over the years, the only negative thing I found which made me move away from this was the spiders dig down, find the heat and get too comfortable forgetting to drink or block their entrances. I have lost a few T's during the time using heat cables and I believe it was because of this. I resulted back to keeping my room mid 80's and my gosh they thrive on that. Just my experience anyway, best of luck !
I use a pulse proportional on the CHE 's for my geckos, they're definitely worth it,they work with *I'm pretty sure " all the different types of heating you could want to use for the critters, enjoying watching your new room come together, looking nice so far and very well thought out 🖤
I agree with you i only have a few T's at the moment but hearing stories and seeing people how they keep thongs i agree with you its like the camel spiders most die so quick in captivity, i think they should be kept really warm wirh deep substrate and even lighting with creating a shaded area in there enclosure maybe they would thrive more ?
Concerning the heat in the tanks that will have a small open space between the heat cord and the tank. I think what may happen is that the area under the tank will trap heat over the whole of the area of the tank. It may actually heat the whole tank rather than the back. I would watch the temperature over the whole tank. Consider putting a thin piece of wood that would touch both surfaces. Also if it is needed grind small furrows in the plastic on the bottom toward the front to release excess heat. I don't know spiders that well but I don't use much heat because the maintenance room under my apartment has a hot oil heater that runs all the time. Happy New year to you and your wife.
another top quality educational video PROFF. some brilliant ideas , explinations to help the hobby from your vast knowlage and point off view. CAMERA LADY another fine footage captured video.. it will be interesting to follow up video in the spring. many thanks guys and take care
I could only watch 29 mins of this before I got bored. I normally won't watch videos over 30 mins. They just get boring sometimes. I did give you a like though because it has some good info.
Not convinced about cables on the bottom, i think the main thing is to give it choice, so it can get away from heat if need be. arboreal’s i use cables in the back starting from the middle to the top (hides on sides) Terrestrial i put cables on the back from soil up Fossorial i keep cables on the back from middle up As ever i bow down to your knowledge so will be interesting to see how they get on.
I agree that most T's like it a little warmer than room temperature. I rehoused my G.rosea just a day ago and gave her a heatmat ( 7Watt ) at the side of the enclosure. Before she had only room temperature and the warmth from the lighting. Instantly as she's got into her new enclosure she snuggled up to the side with the heatmat. And I see my P.ornata and B.emilia do the same time and time again. Just recently I saw 2 videos by Urs Haag and he measured the actual temperature in the habitat of P.fasciata and P. subfusca, spec. Lowland. He used a infrared thermometer too, and 08.00 in the morning the temperature on the treebark was around 27-29 Celsius and inside the crevisses and holes where the spiders were living, it was around 24-27Celsius.
Just the pick me up i needed. My 1st T has hooked out 😢 Was convinced "Elvira" was a female but could never get the moult to confirm. I'm going to enjoy his beauty for a wee while then send him off to fulfil his destiny, that's if anyone wants him! He's a T Albo so pretty common, but we will see.
Super interesting…Marshall arachnids just did a video on heat and light for their spiders you may find interesting as well-different approaches but same concepts!
Great video, excellent information. I for one have found since adding heat into my collection they're a lot more active, they thermo regulate like they would in the wild. The hobby needs to move away from if we're warm then they're warm.
Very good! Sooo many people in the hobby needs to listen to this! I saw the most ridiculous comment on fb the other day, "dont keep your spiders warm, they will molt too often and die faster"... Seriously 🤦♀ PS. What have you done to your poor tempgun? It looks like a mummy! 😂
Keep my room at 25c and I always see the tarantulas gravitate towards the side of the enclosure where I placed the oil rad. If I upped it to 35 I bet they would still try and grab more heat
It certainly is a "hot" topic (see what I did there 😉) I have kept my spiders at various different temps over the years and I do agree that adding additional heat if done corectly will benefit our spiders. But on the other hand I have kept spiders at room temp without any problems with feeding and moulting cycles. The reason I now use additional heat is because they are in my shed and I prefer a slightly higher temp for breeding. My shed has a various levels of heat. It is hotter at the top than it is on the lower shelves, so I use that to my advantage especially when breeding certain species that require a cooler period like Xenesthis. But my Pokies and Avics tend to do better at higher temps when breeding.
The old information is truly a hard thing to break but it is soooo important for people like yourself to do the good but hard work in taking the time to break it down i often find myself when people ask me any questions about say bearded dragons in I keep a good few of them and it honestly will drive me crazy if someone wants info but isn't really willing to ingest the proper info they just want to kinda pretend they want the info but when u start talking to much giving to much info instead of trying to write the info down or record said people speaking idk but atleast put an attempt in to try and get the info the true and tride people like urself and the true keepers who are willing to do any and everything for the hobby that brings u joy and giving ur animals the best gives u joy! At least it does for me I save up and will spend ten times more on my dragons and spiders than I do on myself I need boots for winter but instead of asking for it for Xmas or for saving the extra few bucks for myself I bought my dragons another new PVC enclosure with glass doors to match the other 2 I have so when my baby's wake from the winter slumber they will have a new enclosure well just one two of the others already have that same enclosure as they are 300 a pop so I lil by lil get what I need for my baby's and this type of info is for everyone but it truly truly is appreciated by someone like myself
Morning Dave loving the spider room only something I can dream of. I’ve been using heat cable now for a while but I fitted mine on to the back wall of my shelves as I think spiders and other animals dig down to get away from heat same as I never put heat mats on the bottom of terrariums
I use the plant heat cable too for my jumping spider and Isopods. My cable is on the back wall of my shelf. I did have 8 jumping spiders, sadly only one left, she is about 25 months old.
I'm so happy I just saw you uploaded a video it's 3 am and I'm doing upgrades now I have something to listen to that I love getting very valuable information from
Great video once again! What would you say is a dangerous heat for a tarantula, eg side of glass enclosure is 36 degrees for example, if the spider sits on the glass, at what temperature would the spider start to burn? Would it move away on its own? Thanks
Thanks Dave very Educational and easy to understand , One question , If you can't run a heat cable under the tank , like your set up , could you run one safely at the back of the tanks , would you put the cable say 2 inches up from the base ? . cheers .
You could apply the t-shirt rule with me, because I feel the cold to a ridiculous degree. So if I'm in a t-shirt, it's definitely warm enough! But I'd never use it for other animals.
Great video, it makes sense to give it heat and a temperature gradient, we already do it with reptiles so spiders should be no different. Do you think it’s beneficial for slings and juveniles as well as adults? Presumably it would be a lower ambient temp to avoid too much heat and not being able to get away from it due to size of pots, but is a stable raised temp better or the risks too great?
I personally are a believer in keeping spiders somewhat cool. I have kept tarantulas for 25 years and have better success with temperature around 20 degrees celcius. When I have kept them in warmer temp, like in the summer they have acted like they are more stressad. I always think about how warm it gets inside the burrows in the wild. I think it is more cool inside. I would be intrested to know if experiment have been done with measuring temps in tarantulas burrows? I have never hade troubles with eigher feeding, growth or pairing/eggsacks with keeping them at a cooler temp, never! Another big con with keeping them warmer in my experience is that i have had much more problems with scuttle flies and other pest when keeping tarantula room in warmer temps, and I mean MUCH more problems. But this is just my view on the subject. One shall do what works best for each.
Great video Dave, been waiting for this a while. I wunder, your heatingcable doesn't cover all three routed channels, do you use a second cable to cover the rest, until all 3 routed channels are covered, ending up with two heatcables on the thermostat? but what do you do if the second cable is to long, and you are left with, for example 2meter heated cable, because the whole channels are filled. do you leave this heated unused part hanging aside? I don't think its allowed to shorten the cable to match the length of the routed channel, so you are not left with an unused heated cablepart. I hope you do a second video on this subject, to answer all the questions that will be asked in the comments!
Very interesting Dave! Apologies if I missed it in the vid but would you let things cool at night at all by lowering the stat or switching off or is it 24hr consistent? Thanks mate!
Thanks for the reply could I ask what wall shelving you use? Are they just general wall mounted shelves, and how are you going? You heat your sling, or will this be in another video thanks
depends what the goal is though, i am convinced that higher temperatures will shorten the overall lifespan of the spiders, that said this is not because heat harms them, but they just move through life faster. Still its good to see a proper heating installation and the safety measures. if you compare it with bonsai pots, these are used intentionally to slow down growth and maintain the trees in their current state rather than encuraging growth, on purpose. the same can be done with temperature, keeping tarantulas in the low 70s slows the molting circle down by a lot, without harm though, thats what matters. i understand why this would be a detriment when someone wants to breed them sooner rather than later, but if the goal is to see how long they can live, well then keeping them cooler may just be the way to go. my two cents. cheers.
Keeping them at the temps they would experience in the wild will not shorten their life span , keeping them at cooler temps is them just surviving and not flourishing which is exactly what we want to avoid ? A proper feeding regime will not only prolong their lives but will also enhance it too , no need to starve our spiders by keeping them too cold ??
@@daveslittlebeasties i have to say i disagree, rushing them through the sling stage certainly will not prolong their lifespan and i do look at the natural temperatures in the regions they come from and not only the summer temperatures Brachypelma sp. for example regularly experience temperaures below 15°C during the Winter months, not so natural to heat them all year round. Not that i would expose them to that. Now i see nothing wrong with what you are doing, but to say it is a flat out improvement is just blantantly wrong. No offense. I agree with the benefits of heat, and their tendency to self regulate, giving them that option can only be benefitial. And your heating system is indeed well thought out. Its the blanked statement and the general room temperature i disagree with. And i do have the option to heat them with a similar system, i just personally find they dont need it. I know i know, you base it on experience, but what about all the experiences of keepers breeding the spiders at lower temperatures. It it wrong when the eggs take 3 instead of 2 months to develop to healthy nymths, i think not. I will caveat my post with the different needs of each individual species, some may indeed need higher temperatures. Thanks for all your great videos, this is not supposed to be an attack, i just posted this to add a different perspective to the seemingly very one sided replies so far. I find there is a tendency for audiences to homogenize and that will lead to less discussion over time. The classical social media Bubble. Take care.
@@danielnewald4758 Interesting points! The seasonal changes in temperature and humidity are something I've been thinking about a fair amount as a tarantula newbie who's also a biologist. Do you provide different conditions in summer/winter for yours, then? Would love to hear more.
@jiniand.6543 well yea, i leave my windows slanted from the end of march through to about oktober. that way they experiencea gradual rise from 20°C to a max of about 30°C and then slowly back down to 20°C. Including day night differences. Personally i feel this gives them the closest approximation to nature i can manage, including seasonal and to limited degree environmental changes, as well as keeping them cooler on average, if we take the example of a Brachypelma sp. again. Keeping them cooler can also be helpful when you got friends that stick more to the kind of temperatures Dave favours. Means i get to raise the males most of the time XD.
I remember you said always to have the warm mats and cables above the enclosures, so the spiders can "escape" the warmth like in their real habitet by digging down in the substrate or go lower in the enclosure, how come you went away from that?
As we stated at the beginning this is an advanced method for when you have a little more exsperience and understanding, all was exsplained in the beginning❤
I'm puzzled why this channel uses Fahrenheit when they are in the UK? I keep having to translate his temps to make sense to my Canadian brain. 80 to 90F is ~27 to 32C. Good info though. I will find a warmer space for my T. [Nevermind, he kind of explained that later. I didn't know anyone in the UK still used Imperial. Good to know]
isnt the pulse thermostat basically the same as the switch on-off one? it just switches on-off in pulses, creating more on-off cycles. i'd rather believe that the dimming thermostat would make your equipment last longer, since it regulates the power, letting the heating device work steadily without those crazy on and off cycles 🤔pulsing one is basically a stroboscope
Not really. The three different types are totally different and for different applications. On/off is just that. I'm with Dave. They have no place in any hobby (except maybe plants i suppose), Pulse/prop is keeping the heat UP on the given mat/cable. Up to the desired temp. Dimmer stats are keeping the heat DOWN to the correct temp. Typically they are used with Bulbs/Ceramics which operate at far HIGHER wattages than most mats. The pulse will trickle power into the cable. The dimmer (clue is in the name) will wind back the power down to what it needs to keep the set temp.
I used heat ropes with my snakes too. Its absolutely amazing when used correctly. Please be careful with how you're using it. You MUST leave enough Ventilation around the heat ropes and enclosures, it will over heat without ventilation and cause a fire. I'm not trying to be negative etc. see alot of melting plastic enclosures and fires when no air flow around the heat rope. Your thermostat probe only protects where you probe is. The channel you have cut is a great idea etc. but you run the real risk of over heating and fire due to lack of airflow around the rope. Please don't be offended
Its a good point to make , I have used this method with my reptiles and spiders and never had issues but its a fair point to make and yes if completely concealed they will over heat mine all have airflow becouse of the style of enclosure I use 👍
This is why yall are GLOBAL TREASURES. The amount of misinformation that is STILL floating out there for keeping ASTOUNDS me. I’ve been needing this video for a couple of years now. My spider room is also my home office in a 50 yo home out in the country and my husband is in HVAC. That being said, you can imagine the struggle I have keeping my office warm in the winter. I have a space heater but it only works when I have it on, obviously, and I am NOT allowed to touch the thermostat in the house 😂😂😂 Ive known that my spiders are too cold. I know because most of them DO behave as if they’re cold… just how you mentioned with eating habits, molting habits, etc. I know I’m a good keeper but this is an issue I’ve always struggled with and I’ve been AWARE of that. This is literally going to be a game changer for me in my specific situation. I’ve already planned to do shelving similar to yours and now I am also going to be doing this heating system. Thank you so much for always being honest and informative without worrying about your “UA-cam reputation”. I feel like so many UA-cam keepers worry most about views and popularity before their animals. You’ve been my go-to for years now and I’m so thankful for yall. The keeper world needs more and more UA-camrs out there like yall who have the EXPERIENCE in real world keeping, not just UA-cam keeping (as I call it). Thank you thank you for taking the time to gift all of us with this information.
Btw when you mentioned the whole “if you’re comfortable, your spiders are comfortable “ I LOST it 😂😂😂 i knew exactly what you were talking about and I also can’t believe people are out there still saying that on their UA-cam channels as they’re trying to be reputable keepers to the public.
I agree with your statement about the majority of keepers keeping the spiders too cool. I am so happy to hear you speak on this subject.
Very good explanation. I designed reptile habitats for decades and one of the main things was warm areas and cooler areas, but no areas they could get to hot nor to cold. Let the animal deside what it likes. While digesting a big meal, a spider may want more heat or just hide away for a bit, etc.
Hello Dave and Camera Lady, greetings from Germany. I'm in the hobby now for about 5 to 6 years and you helped me with your content in a big way especially in how to handle spiders and be calm and gentle ;). A big thumbs up for your advice and sharing your experiences with us on the internet thx u guys. Now like i said I started with my spiders back in 2019 with and keeping them only ]at room temperature around 22°C max. I also studied a lot of spider books and I quickly noticed aswell that the saying of: if you are comfortable, they are comfortable is for me sorry to say kinda bullshit. So I am happy to see that someone like you a big player in internet have the balls now to share your opinion about lightning and heating with us. I hope the response from veterans of the old style keeping (Plasticbox, room temperature) will not get under your skin too much. I can say that I started myself in 2023 with t8 led growlights for my shelfs and keep my room daytimes 25°C and at nights it drops to 20°C. That is a good base and my bioactive Enclosures thrive very well. I also provide for some species that are in need for some extra juice like my c. versicolor or p. Metallica, say mostly my aboreals, getting that done with an halogen spot that produces at the spot in the Enclosures around 30 °C, measured with a heatgun. I run them spots like 2 times for 1 hour straight. Mornings and noontime. It's very interesting to see how the spiders come out and chose the hottest spot about 30- 32° C to bask themselves. Also i noticed much more activities from my spiders even the species that your class under shy ones. I see all my spiders everyday if the don't are in premolt. Since I started with that method my spiders thrive very well and development is nothing compared to my keeping at the start. Haven't bread yet but that is what comes next for me. I do have now 20 different species and 36 tarantulas in total. Just raising some slings from some species I already have and hope I get some males out of it to start breading projects. Looking forward too. So Dave let me know what you thinking about my method and I'm very interested to see how your different approach is working out. We never stop learing from each other. I also found this and they are doing the same and having great success with it.
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So Dave and Camera Lady happy new year best of luck and good stable health and keep doing what you're doing. Kind regards Aaron from Germany 😊
Your system sounds great we have also used hot spots for our arborials and we will cover this too with a video,hopefully we can change some views with our care 👍
This is the one I’ve been waiting for! Thanks Dave and Camera Lady 🙌🙌🙌
Glad to see videos like this, i heat all my spiders like my snakes and avoid mentioning it because i get criticized.
So very interesting!! Can’t wait to see all of your spiders thriving away!!!
Warm and cozy for the spiders dear Dave and Sweet Camera Lady both on the shelves and in the room! Interesting and informative video as usual for those in the hobby!👋🕷🏠❤👍
Glad you enjoyed it❤
@@daveslittlebeasties I always do! ❤️
So nice to be in on this from the design stage. Another level of involvement and understanding. Thank you.
Thanks again!❤
This has been the most useful common sense approach to enclosure heating.To my shame in the past I have learned the hard way .....my cold over wet enclosures didn't work.Luckily someone introduced me to heating mats and utilising a warm area within the enclosure.This allowed my spiders to chose where they where most comfortable.Night and day on my spiders welfare.....I had lost pink toes and even chilli rose,s!simply too cold and wet.Luckily I left my heat mats on 24/7 un less it was a really hot day.This now makes complete sense of the perils of keeping cold enclosures or too hot!
Great video as always and Happy New Year to you and camera lady.Tony 👍👌🙂
The beastis room is looking 👀 very nice. I’m not a spider keeper, but I enjoy all the spiders all the information and now I understand the importance of heating you do a fabulous job. Thank you for all the education from California.
Awesome! Thank you!🙏
This all makes complete sense. I have my spiders in the warmest room in the house and while they do still molt in the wintertime, in summertime they molt so much more often. My spider room is still a work in progress but I look forward to seeing how this works for you and figuring out how I can implement some of it with my spiders.
Glad it was helpful!🙏
Thank you Dave. Ive been all over youtube researching heating and no one else is giving this type of in-depth explanation. Its been such a boon to be able to watch and understand this process.
Thank you 🙏
Dave, you mentioned a few years ago that spiders feel more comfortable at 26° Celsius. Since then, I've kept my spiders at 25-27°, depending on the species. I heat them with cables and mats and regulate these with digital temperature controllers with sensors in the terrarium. So you've already helped my spiders.
Yes! Brillaint video dave and camera lady its about time we moved on from the old ways and did new things very informative video mate hopefully it will help people move away from cold and wet enclosures with a million holes in it looking forward to what comes next 🙏
Thank you 🙏
What a hidden gem this channel is! Thank you so much for giving information with a tea spoon 🤗
You are so welcome!🙏
Very informative video. I think people will really utilise this info 🤔 great watch 😊😊
Completey agree. I got a space heater and it’s clear the spiders are more comfortable at a warmer temperature. i can’t get to 80 yet but i hope so.
Hey guys. Thanks for advocating a good dose of common sense in the hobby. It's clear you do your homework and then decide whether to implement an idea or not. I had to chuckle when you mentioned the purists. I call them RSJ's (unbendable). I've got 11 fuzzies, and four of them are still small slings, but before I bought a single sling, I first bought an oil rad, enclosures, substrate, water dishes, bark, moss, even a label machine. Friends thought I was nuts, but I knew I wasn't. I used the tops from the 1.5ml centrifuge tubes as water dishes so as not to drown the slings. All these ideas came from watching your channel and using a bit of my own common. Your room is going to be something special when it's ready, and I can't wait to see what happens from then on. Take care ✌️
Thank you 🙏
When I was watching this video a couple of thoughts popped into my head about the thermal dynamics of this system and I would love for somebody who knows more to explain this more. I'm struggling to see how the wires are different to the heat mats.
The laws of thermodynamics state that heat will move from hotter regions to less hotter regions until an equilibrium is reached.
Additionally the two prominent heat transfer mechanisms are conduction and convection. I think it's fair to say that the predominant heat transfer between the wire and enclosure and the enclosure and substrate is conduction. Therefore obeying fourier's law the heat will reach an equilibrium in the substrate. Hence reducing the gradient to 0.
If we look at the substrate, enclosure and air as a system, we need to look at newtons law of cooling. Which states that the rate at which heat is transfered is proportional to the difference in temperature between the object and the fluid around it. But, due to this there is a number of heat sources for the air in the enclosure. There is the enclosure lid, walls and the substrate. So you're not going to get a strong convection current as the space is small. Therefore the heat would diffuse through the air that is relatively stagnant. Obviously there is some airflow, but the air temperature won't be that different as the larger room will have a convection current which will match the temperature of the shelves so in terms of heat it would be stagnant.
I fail to see how this would be different to heating a mat that's under the spider enclosure.
Now I've always used heat mats from the side of an enclosure or run heat bulbs to heat the area of the room the spiders are in. (The bulb method is my preferred method as it's where the heat source in the wild comes from.)
There is no difference between cables and heat matts ? But for a larger area the cables are better suited , at the end all we are trying to do is warm an area for our spider to utilize 👍
So much fantastic info in this video
I've said it before and I'll say it again Dave you really should write a book or do some classes because you have so much knowledge about this hobby and I think it would be so helpful for many people new and old to the hobby
Great video guys 😊👍
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This was fantastic! You knew all the questions/concerns I had without having to ask! I really like your perspective on this. I can't wait to see how this works out! We are so close to moving into the new beastie room and I am on the edge of my seat lol. Well done! Thank you for bringing your knowledge to the hobby. Improving our husbandry should be our top priority! I'm currently figuring out how to accomplish this myself with my collection and I'm excited to see how it affects my slings growth and mortality rates!
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This was most interesting watching the heating systems for the spiders and how the spider can decide its own most comfortable temperature, all your experience is being put into your enclosures, very interesting.
Hello great video information and updates Dave
Thanks 👍
"and you're tight" 😂 tell him, camera lady!
I really appreciate the tips on using things that are cheaper because I'll be able to do alot more like get that extra plant or whatever because I saved money somewhere else. Thank you for all the great tips. I've learned so much from you guys and still learning.
Thank you you’re very welcome ❤
Hey Dave!
Great video man. Really enjoyed it. Watched it at work. Night shifts are extremely boring, so thanks for giving me something to do haha!
I think the hobby needs to let go of their old ways. They need to learn the new ways and learn to let go!! It’s not right, keeping the spiders too cold and such.
Hope to see the Q&A soon. Yes I will mention it until it comes 😂. #1 Fan over here. Your words Dave, not mine.
See you next time, much love from Ontario, Canada!
-Noah.
Even though I don't keep spiders, I found this video very interesting. I learned a good bit. Never too old to learn. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!❤
Fantastic stuff Dave, very informative, that's going going to be very effective for the spiders 🕷 Dave, anyway Dave another super job by yourself and camera 📷 lady Dave.
I recall that the thermal conductivity of glass is higher than for plastic. So the glass enclosures will lose heat to the surrounding environment faster than the plastic ones. The heat could really build up in the plastic enclosures, especially if you have a bunch of them side by side. Just think about one of those plastic porta-toilets that's been sitting out in the sun and how blistering hot it gets inside.
That’s why we showed the different enclosures as all need to be thought as separate situations ❤
Brilliant!!!! A master class in heating for tarantulas. This is the reason, as an educator, I tell everyone keeping arachnids they have to check out your UA-cam channel. I'm not sure if you were ever an instructor, but you're a brilliant teacher.
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Love your way of thinking Dave . You bought out some really good points about heating . At least you are very open to better and new ways of how to keep T's . As you pointed out ,in five or ten years ,all this could change and be considered obsolete and new and better ways will develop to keep T's .
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Great instructional video mr Dave! I know it's easier said then done and it's sad that people give backlash to people like yourself but dont worry about them! If they bwana keep unhealthy animals then that's on them and drown out there useless noise! You and camera lady are intelligent people and your doing the right thing for your animals to hell with what anyone else says! Great video as usual! Won't belong before you have spiders moving in!
Can’t wait to see you new beastie room all set up and spiders on the shelves 😍💜
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Awesome video Dave, although I'm a beginner with spiders, I have kept reptiles for a long time, I had no idea I could transfer heating principles from reptiles to spiders. This video has answered lots of questions running around in my head. Perfect. Looking forward to seeing you at your next invert show 🕷
Wow Dave this is my 1st look at your new spider room. Absolutely stunning I’m so happy for you and the camera lady. Continued success kind sir looking forward to your new tutorials from your new digs.
I'm glad you said it Camera Lady about Dave bein tight as I've always wondered what that squeakin noise is when Dave moves , n a great vid by the way ..
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Very good video guys. I’ve been using a heat mat under my arboreal enclosures with no issues despite all the advice not too. They are all doing well very. This is invaluable information for people worried about keeping their Spiders too hot or too cold especially at this time of year in the UK.
Love the info , as always love the display process you have done
Thanks so much!😊
Hi Dave, great video as always. I have been keeping spiders for 18 yrs now and totally couldn't agree more, information out there is wrong and we are told to keep spiders far too cool. I have tested heat cable over the years, the only negative thing I found which made me move away from this was the spiders dig down, find the heat and get too comfortable forgetting to drink or block their entrances. I have lost a few T's during the time using heat cables and I believe it was because of this. I resulted back to keeping my room mid 80's and my gosh they thrive on that. Just my experience anyway, best of luck !
Yes the fossorial spiders need monitoring to insure there best care 👍
There are mini heating strips also so people who only have a few spiders could probably use them as well.
I use a pulse proportional on the CHE 's for my geckos, they're definitely worth it,they work with *I'm pretty sure " all the different types of heating you could want to use for the critters, enjoying watching your new room come together, looking nice so far and very well thought out 🖤
Other than halogen or incandescent bulbs you need a dimming thermostat for them
Wot an educational video as always Dave & Camera lady hope u both have a lovely day
Very interesting stuff
Brilliant video guys thank you so much xxxx
I agree with you i only have a few T's at the moment but hearing stories and seeing people how they keep thongs i agree with you its like the camel spiders most die so quick in captivity, i think they should be kept really warm wirh deep substrate and even lighting with creating a shaded area in there enclosure maybe they would thrive more ?
Concerning the heat in the tanks that will have a small open space between the heat cord and the tank. I think what may happen is that the area under the tank will trap heat over the whole of the area of the tank. It may actually heat the whole tank rather than the back. I would watch the temperature over the whole tank. Consider putting a thin piece of wood that would touch both surfaces. Also if it is needed grind small furrows in the plastic on the bottom toward the front to release excess heat. I don't know spiders that well but I don't use much heat because the maintenance room under my apartment has a hot oil heater that runs all the time. Happy New year to you and your wife.
another top quality educational video PROFF. some brilliant ideas , explinations to help the hobby from your vast knowlage and point off view. CAMERA LADY another fine footage captured video.. it will be interesting to follow up video in the spring. many thanks guys and take care
Many thanks!👍❤️
I found this very interesting, even though the only spiders I'm (just about) allowed to keep are ones I can catch in the house 🙄
glad you made this video i was really wondering how people are supplying the right heat of just their rooms
Very interesting, thanks for going through!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I could only watch 29 mins of this before I got bored. I normally won't watch videos over 30 mins. They just get boring sometimes. I did give you a like though because it has some good info.
Not convinced about cables on the bottom, i think the main thing is to give it choice, so it can get away from heat if need be.
arboreal’s i use cables in the back starting from the middle to the top (hides on sides)
Terrestrial i put cables on the back from soil up
Fossorial i keep cables on the back from middle up
As ever i bow down to your knowledge so will be interesting to see how they get on.
You are already doing the same thing so long as your spider can regulate you have achieved your goal ❤
I will never keep a spider, but find your methods so interesting
I will never say never but I am the same as you I don't keep t's or any spider but I love Dave and camera lady and love learning about them same as u
So nice of you ❤️
I agree that most T's like it a little warmer than room temperature. I rehoused my G.rosea just a day ago and gave her a heatmat ( 7Watt ) at the side of the enclosure. Before she had only room temperature and the warmth from the lighting. Instantly as she's got into her new enclosure she snuggled up to the side with the heatmat. And I see my P.ornata and B.emilia do the same time and time again. Just recently I saw 2 videos by Urs Haag and he measured the actual temperature in the habitat of P.fasciata and P. subfusca, spec. Lowland. He used a infrared thermometer too, and 08.00 in the morning the temperature on the treebark was around 27-29 Celsius and inside the crevisses and holes where the spiders were living, it was around 24-27Celsius.
This is what we are talking about 👍👍👍
Just the pick me up i needed. My 1st T has hooked out 😢
Was convinced "Elvira" was a female but could never get the moult to confirm. I'm going to enjoy his beauty for a wee while then send him off to fulfil his destiny, that's if anyone wants him! He's a T Albo so pretty common, but we will see.
Wow you’ll have the common House and Garden Spiders queueing to get in the new Beastie Room! 😂
Great video yet again. 🕷️🕸️
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How did I miss this last night? I was up all night!
Happy New year, man.
I think we're due for a feeding video wouldn't you say? we'd love that!
Super interesting…Marshall arachnids just did a video on heat and light for their spiders you may find interesting as well-different approaches but same concepts!
Hey 503! I was enjoying the convergence there too :) Dave's channel is my favorite!
@ nice! I love his stuff too 🥰
I will check it out❤
Great video, excellent information. I for one have found since adding heat into my collection they're a lot more active, they thermo regulate like they would in the wild. The hobby needs to move away from if we're warm then they're warm.
Thanks for sharing!❤
Good luck 'MR TRAILBLAZER!'. Time to re-write t book.😊
Very good! Sooo many people in the hobby needs to listen to this!
I saw the most ridiculous comment on fb the other day, "dont keep your spiders warm, they will molt too often and die faster"... Seriously 🤦♀
PS. What have you done to your poor tempgun? It looks like a mummy! 😂
It was left in the cold outside and the plastic went all sticky 😂
Keep my room at 25c and I always see the tarantulas gravitate towards the side of the enclosure where I placed the oil rad. If I upped it to 35 I bet they would still try and grab more heat
It certainly is a "hot" topic (see what I did there 😉)
I have kept my spiders at various different temps over the years and I do agree that adding additional heat if done corectly will benefit our spiders. But on the other hand I have kept spiders at room temp without any problems with feeding and moulting cycles. The reason I now use additional heat is because they are in my shed and I prefer a slightly higher temp for breeding. My shed has a various levels of heat. It is hotter at the top than it is on the lower shelves, so I use that to my advantage especially when breeding certain species that require a cooler period like Xenesthis. But my Pokies and Avics tend to do better at higher temps when breeding.
Just that mate we need to adjust to suit what we are trying to achieve at the time 👌
Good idea I lost my Singapore Blue in the cold snap at the end of the year
Brazilian jewel tarantula breeding video please and Happy new years Dave and camera lady
Happy new year! We have done a couple of videos ❤
The old information is truly a hard thing to break but it is soooo important for people like yourself to do the good but hard work in taking the time to break it down i often find myself when people ask me any questions about say bearded dragons in I keep a good few of them and it honestly will drive me crazy if someone wants info but isn't really willing to ingest the proper info they just want to kinda pretend they want the info but when u start talking to much giving to much info instead of trying to write the info down or record said people speaking idk but atleast put an attempt in to try and get the info the true and tride people like urself and the true keepers who are willing to do any and everything for the hobby that brings u joy and giving ur animals the best gives u joy! At least it does for me I save up and will spend ten times more on my dragons and spiders than I do on myself I need boots for winter but instead of asking for it for Xmas or for saving the extra few bucks for myself I bought my dragons another new PVC enclosure with glass doors to match the other 2 I have so when my baby's wake from the winter slumber they will have a new enclosure well just one two of the others already have that same enclosure as they are 300 a pop so I lil by lil get what I need for my baby's and this type of info is for everyone but it truly truly is appreciated by someone like myself
So glad you enjoyed it my friend ❤️👍
Morning Dave loving the spider room only something I can dream of. I’ve been using heat cable now for a while but I fitted mine on to the back wall of my shelves as I think spiders and other animals dig down to get away from heat same as I never put heat mats on the bottom of terrariums
We mention this throughout the video ❤
I use the plant heat cable too for my jumping spider and Isopods. My cable is on the back wall of my shelf. I did have 8 jumping spiders, sadly only one left, she is about 25 months old.
I'm so happy I just saw you uploaded a video it's 3 am and I'm doing upgrades now I have something to listen to that I love getting very valuable information from
Good morning!
Great video once again! What would you say is a dangerous heat for a tarantula, eg side of glass enclosure is 36 degrees for example, if the spider sits on the glass, at what temperature would the spider start to burn? Would it move away on its own? Thanks
Its all about giving them the choice and space to move and thermoregulate themselves 👍
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Not in our room 😊
Thanks Dave very Educational and easy to understand , One question , If you can't run a heat cable under the tank , like your set up , could you run one safely at the back of the tanks , would you put the cable say 2 inches up from the base ? . cheers .
Yes I have used them ob the backs too with equal success 👍
@@daveslittlebeasties thanks I will look into doing that cheers
You could apply the t-shirt rule with me, because I feel the cold to a ridiculous degree. So if I'm in a t-shirt, it's definitely warm enough! But I'd never use it for other animals.
Great video, it makes sense to give it heat and a temperature gradient, we already do it with reptiles so spiders should be no different. Do you think it’s beneficial for slings and juveniles as well as adults? Presumably it would be a lower ambient temp to avoid too much heat and not being able to get away from it due to size of pots, but is a stable raised temp better or the risks too great?
Our room is enough for our slings to grow nice , but our room is warmer than most ❤
I personally are a believer in keeping spiders somewhat cool. I have kept tarantulas for 25 years and have better success with temperature around 20 degrees celcius. When I have kept them in warmer temp, like in the summer they have acted like they are more stressad. I always think about how warm it gets inside the burrows in the wild. I think it is more cool inside. I would be intrested to know if experiment have been done with measuring temps in tarantulas burrows? I have never hade troubles with eigher feeding, growth or pairing/eggsacks with keeping them at a cooler temp, never! Another big con with keeping them warmer in my experience is that i have had much more problems with scuttle flies and other pest when keeping tarantula room in warmer temps, and I mean MUCH more problems. But this is just my view on the subject. One shall do what works best for each.
Great video Dave, been waiting for this a while. I wunder, your heatingcable doesn't cover all three routed channels, do you use a second cable to cover the rest, until all 3 routed channels are covered, ending up with two heatcables on the thermostat? but what do you do if the second cable is to long, and you are left with, for example 2meter heated cable, because the whole channels are filled. do you leave this heated unused part hanging aside? I don't think its allowed to shorten the cable to match the length of the routed channel, so you are not left with an unused heated cablepart. I hope you do a second video on this subject, to answer all the questions that will be asked in the comments!
There’s multiple channels to allow for different size enclosures 👍
Fascinating heating lecture. Is there shelving with built in heating coils with regulators?
Not sure I made my own
Out of interest are there interesting spiders from Europe in the hobby with rather different heat requirements ?
Yes there’s many that prefer a cooler climate 🙏
Very interesting Dave! Apologies if I missed it in the vid but would you let things cool at night at all by lowering the stat or switching off or is it 24hr consistent? Thanks mate!
All depends on what im trying to achieve with the spiders in question , but a night drop can be useful for conditioning 👍
Amazing video, just what I've been scowering youtube for. Can I ask what wattage you used and are heat cables ok for acrylic enclosures thanks
I have a mix of wattage cables all running off of thermostats , I dont use acrylic enclosures so not sure how they would react to heat ?
Thanks for the reply could I ask what wall shelving you use? Are they just general wall mounted shelves, and how are you going? You heat your sling, or will this be in another video thanks
Let the T’s thrive 🙌
Hi Dave and camera lady. Why will you ave two lines of heat cable on each shelf. Is one line not sufficient?
I have put multiple lines in the shelving to cater for different size enclosures ❤️
depends what the goal is though, i am convinced that higher temperatures will shorten the overall lifespan of the spiders, that said this is not because heat harms them, but they just move through life faster. Still its good to see a proper heating installation and the safety measures.
if you compare it with bonsai pots, these are used intentionally to slow down growth and maintain the trees in their current state rather than encuraging growth, on purpose.
the same can be done with temperature, keeping tarantulas in the low 70s slows the molting circle down by a lot, without harm though, thats what matters.
i understand why this would be a detriment when someone wants to breed them sooner rather than later, but if the goal is to see how long they can live, well then keeping them cooler may just be the way to go. my two cents. cheers.
Keeping them at the temps they would experience in the wild will not shorten their life span , keeping them at cooler temps is them just surviving and not flourishing which is exactly what we want to avoid ? A proper feeding regime will not only prolong their lives but will also enhance it too , no need to starve our spiders by keeping them too cold ??
@@daveslittlebeasties i have to say i disagree, rushing them through the sling stage certainly will not prolong their lifespan and i do look at the natural temperatures in the regions they come from and not only the summer temperatures
Brachypelma sp. for example regularly experience temperaures below 15°C during the Winter months, not so natural to heat them all year round. Not that i would expose them to that.
Now i see nothing wrong with what you are doing, but to say it is a flat out improvement is just blantantly wrong. No offense.
I agree with the benefits of heat, and their tendency to self regulate, giving them that option can only be benefitial.
And your heating system is indeed well thought out. Its the blanked statement and the general room temperature i disagree with. And i do have the option to heat them with a similar system, i just personally find they dont need it.
I know i know, you base it on experience, but what about all the experiences of keepers breeding the spiders at lower temperatures. It it wrong when the eggs take 3 instead of 2 months to develop to healthy nymths, i think not.
I will caveat my post with the different needs of each individual species, some may indeed need higher temperatures.
Thanks for all your great videos, this is not supposed to be an attack, i just posted this to add a different perspective to the seemingly very one sided replies so far. I find there is a tendency for audiences to homogenize and that will lead to less discussion over time. The classical social media Bubble. Take care.
@@danielnewald4758 Interesting points! The seasonal changes in temperature and humidity are something I've been thinking about a fair amount as a tarantula newbie who's also a biologist. Do you provide different conditions in summer/winter for yours, then? Would love to hear more.
@jiniand.6543 well yea, i leave my windows slanted from the end of march through to about oktober.
that way they experiencea gradual rise from 20°C to a max of about 30°C and then slowly back down to 20°C. Including day night differences.
Personally i feel this gives them the closest approximation to nature i can manage, including seasonal and to limited degree environmental changes, as well as keeping them cooler on average, if we take the example of a Brachypelma sp. again.
Keeping them cooler can also be helpful when you got friends that stick more to the kind of temperatures Dave favours. Means i get to raise the males most of the time XD.
Cost wise, how pricey are the heat cables to run?
Pretty cheap there not using much energy
@daveslittlebeasties good to know coz I'm a cheap skate lol
do you have a link of the heating cable and everything else you are using to warm up the T's?
It can all be found on line theres plenty to choose from and all much the same 👍
I remember you said always to have the warm mats and cables above the enclosures, so the spiders can "escape" the warmth like in their real habitet by digging down in the substrate or go lower in the enclosure, how come you went away from that?
As we stated at the beginning this is an advanced method for when you have a little more exsperience and understanding, all was exsplained in the beginning❤
I was always told never to have heat below the enclosures, or is that just for heat mats or is it OK as long as you have the thermostat on?
Never mind, you talked about it lol
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What about heatmats that don't take up the whole enclosure?
Heatmatts are fine too so long as your spider can retreat from them 👍
Where you get that glass tank from plz
They are custom aquaria
I have a dimming thermostat for my hognose, this is not exactly the same as pulse right?
Correct, pulse works a lot different to dimming, far more efficient and reliable. Steadier temps
I'm puzzled why this channel uses Fahrenheit when they are in the UK? I keep having to translate his temps to make sense to my Canadian brain. 80 to 90F is ~27 to 32C. Good info though. I will find a warmer space for my T. [Nevermind, he kind of explained that later. I didn't know anyone in the UK still used Imperial. Good to know]
isnt the pulse thermostat basically the same as the switch on-off one? it just switches on-off in pulses, creating more on-off cycles. i'd rather believe that the dimming thermostat would make your equipment last longer, since it regulates the power, letting the heating device work steadily without those crazy on and off cycles 🤔pulsing one is basically a stroboscope
Not really. The three different types are totally different and for different applications. On/off is just that. I'm with Dave. They have no place in any hobby (except maybe plants i suppose), Pulse/prop is keeping the heat UP on the given mat/cable. Up to the desired temp. Dimmer stats are keeping the heat DOWN to the correct temp. Typically they are used with Bulbs/Ceramics which operate at far HIGHER wattages than most mats.
The pulse will trickle power into the cable. The dimmer (clue is in the name) will wind back the power down to what it needs to keep the set temp.
I used heat ropes with my snakes too. Its absolutely amazing when used correctly. Please be careful with how you're using it. You MUST leave enough Ventilation around the heat ropes and enclosures, it will over heat without ventilation and cause a fire. I'm not trying to be negative etc. see alot of melting plastic enclosures and fires when no air flow around the heat rope. Your thermostat probe only protects where you probe is. The channel you have cut is a great idea etc. but you run the real risk of over heating and fire due to lack of airflow around the rope. Please don't be offended
Its a good point to make , I have used this method with my reptiles and spiders and never had issues but its a fair point to make and yes if completely concealed they will over heat mine all have airflow becouse of the style of enclosure I use 👍
About time! Let's start using science and common sense instead of ancient wives' tales. I'm here for the journey...
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This is why yall are GLOBAL TREASURES. The amount of misinformation that is STILL floating out there for keeping ASTOUNDS me. I’ve been needing this video for a couple of years now. My spider room is also my home office in a 50 yo home out in the country and my husband is in HVAC. That being said, you can imagine the struggle I have keeping my office warm in the winter. I have a space heater but it only works when I have it on, obviously, and I am NOT allowed to touch the thermostat in the house 😂😂😂 Ive known that my spiders are too cold. I know because most of them DO behave as if they’re cold… just how you mentioned with eating habits, molting habits, etc. I know I’m a good keeper but this is an issue I’ve always struggled with and I’ve been AWARE of that. This is literally going to be a game changer for me in my specific situation. I’ve already planned to do shelving similar to yours and now I am also going to be doing this heating system. Thank you so much for always being honest and informative without worrying about your “UA-cam reputation”. I feel like so many UA-cam keepers worry most about views and popularity before their animals. You’ve been my go-to for years now and I’m so thankful for yall. The keeper world needs more and more UA-camrs out there like yall who have the EXPERIENCE in real world keeping, not just UA-cam keeping (as I call it). Thank you thank you for taking the time to gift all of us with this information.
Btw when you mentioned the whole “if you’re comfortable, your spiders are comfortable “ I LOST it 😂😂😂 i knew exactly what you were talking about and I also can’t believe people are out there still saying that on their UA-cam channels as they’re trying to be reputable keepers to the public.
Thank you so much for your kind words marjorie ❤️❤️❤️
@@daveslittlebeasties absolutely. We are all very lucky to have yall
Love the topics just not sure why the way he talks just pisses me of lol
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