How to Heat Tarantula Cages
- 1). Purchase a reptile heating pad that will fit inside of your tarantula cage. Make sure it has a thermostat.
- 2). Put the heating pad inside the cage. If your tarantula is a ground-dwelling species, secure the pad to the side of the cage or underneath the lid. Don't put the pad on the bottom of the cage, because ground-dwelling spiders tend to burrow into the ground and they get too warm.
- 3). Put the heating pad on the bottom of the cage, either under the cage or inside the cage underneath the soil or bedding, if your tarantula is a tree-dwelling species. If you are not sure what type of tarantula you have, secure the pad to the side of the cage to be safe.
- 4). Set the heating pad's thermostat to between 70 and 75 degrees. If you know the tarantula came from a hot climate, set the thermostat to the upper 70s.
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