Ok just bc this has been sitting on my mind with a lot of posts I have seen with temps, humidity, sick ts, etc. Now I know almost everyone's coming out of a hard winter. But I was wondering: how often does everyone check on their tarantulas? Lol I'm i a strange one that I check minimum twice a day and check temps humidity water etc each time?
To look or not to look?
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tarantulashack
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im a creature of habit I check mine before work (2am) when I get home(noonish) again after a nap about (6pm) then again before bed (11pm). the temp is always the same so im just checking humidity and how there all doing. then periodically just random to check to see what all of them are up to 
gobey
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Dude whenever you feel like it. They're your tarantulas.
I'm thinking more along the lines of care checking not just checking them out with ooooos and ahhhhsDude whenever you feel like it. They're your tarantulas.
LythSalicaria
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I think the longest I've gone without checking them was 4 or 5 days, and between bad timing and bad luck, the results were not good. Since then I look at them several times a day and do a thorough check of everyone three times a week - that is, removing uneaten food, refilling water dishes, leaving water droplets in webbing for easy access if anyone needs a drink, that sort of thing.
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I look at mine many times a day, but just to be looking at them, mostly. If I were just concerned about their well-being, I'd probably examine them once daily.
This summer, I'm planning on being gone for about 16 days, and i'm pretty concerned about it. nobody to care for them while I'm gone leaves me worried a little about the hydration. I'm not worried about their diet, I'll just give then a decent meal right before leaving and hopefully the substrate moistening plus whatever water dishes I'll be using by then will be sufficient. hopefully, I'll be able to use larger, deeper dishes by then, those bottle caps evaporate pretty fast. Summer is more humid though, so evaporation might not be as quick.
This summer, I'm planning on being gone for about 16 days, and i'm pretty concerned about it. nobody to care for them while I'm gone leaves me worried a little about the hydration. I'm not worried about their diet, I'll just give then a decent meal right before leaving and hopefully the substrate moistening plus whatever water dishes I'll be using by then will be sufficient. hopefully, I'll be able to use larger, deeper dishes by then, those bottle caps evaporate pretty fast. Summer is more humid though, so evaporation might not be as quick.
Have you thought about one of those terrarium floggers on a timer? Idk how many Ts you have but combining that with a deli cup on the end to condense the fog and maybe run some aquarium air tubing to the tanks might drop enough water into them
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Every spare second I have have I check on my Ts lol, most of the times out of plain curiosity to see what they are up to hehehe.. this is more than twice a day..
Your ts misbehave that badly that you schedule regular floggings? Well I'm not letting my ts play at your house anymore that's for sure! Lol!
OMG that's so funny I'm not even going to edit it to fix lmao
Haha!!! WOW! Are you related to ouchy the clown or something?
Lol never heard of him til I joined AB
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Was waiting for you to jump in lol
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I check on them every 2 hours. Twice a day I change, clean and re-fill all water dishes, mist all enclosures and once a day I replace all the sub in every enclosure and every night I clean up all the days webbing. Then I add a dead cricket and some water to keep any area mites happy and healthy, too...I then turn on all the heating pads before bed so they don't freeze and up to turn on their individual UV lights at the crack of dawn. I do feedings on the 3rd Saturday of each month like clockwork. :5:
Naw, I just look at them whenever I want.:smile:
Naw, I just look at them whenever I want.:smile:
Slacker! Lol!