B. smithi humidity

[pirez]

Hi, just got a B smithi sling and on looking up care sheets i've found some people saying keep 'em dry and some are saying 75/80%
I'm sure someone on rfuk can help me!
Cheers
Ryan

[shiprat]

hi

I keep my B.smithi slings dry, and just make a little damp patch in one corner of their pot by adding a few drops of water. I keep that slightly damp all the time.

never had a prob, i'm sure others may offer more advice

[killerclown]

Originally Posted by shiprat

hi

I keep my B.smithi slings dry, and just make a little damp patch in one corner of their pot by adding a few drops of water. I keep that slightly damp all the time.

never had a prob, i'm sure others may offer more advice

i keep mine dry aswell , mines a bit more grown on so i have a bottle cap for water

[Chaika]

Mine gets a gradient of moisture. Although the surface is mostly dry, apart from around the waterbowl (which I overflow regularly), there is an underlying layer of permanently moist substrate that stretches over half of the enclosure. That way my juvie can pick the humidity she wants by hanging out at different parts of her burrow.

They seem to live in a wide variety of conditions in the wild apparently:

"Lives in ground burrows, in rocky areas under thorny vegetation, usually in scrubland or desert, dry thorn forest or tropical deciduous forest" Source

So as long as you don't go overboard one way or the other (bone dry or soggy wet) you should be fine

[_TiMiSdRuNk_]

With slings i do give them some humidity but as they get older i lower it

[pirez]

Nice one, cheers guys!
Knew some one would help.

[selina20]

I always keep my slings damp. When i move them into bigger pots then i start just soaking one corner.

[deansie26]

as has been said there pretty tolerant to conditions, last year I was on my honeymoon in Mexico and was taken aback at just how humid it was-makes you think that the way we keep our spiders is probably not as close to there natural habitat climate as we think. Id love to go to india and check out a Poecilotheria habitat- one day

[selina20]

Originally Posted by deansie26

as has been said there pretty tolerant to conditions, last year I was on my honeymoon in Mexico and was taken aback at just how humid it was-makes you think that the way we keep our spiders is probably not as close to there natural habitat climate as we think. Id love to go to india and check out a Poecilotheria habitat- one day

Stick a tent up in India and u will soon see the regalis habitat

[deansie26]

Originally Posted by selina20

Stick a tent up in India and u will soon see the regalis habitat

need to get there first lol