misting

[Ballpython2]

have the following T's

Costa Rican Tigerrump Tarantula (Cyclosternum fasciatum)
Antilles Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia versicolor)
Curly Hair Tarantula (Brachypelma albopilosum)
Mexican Red Rump (Brachypelma vagans)
Cameroon Red Baboon (Hysterocrates gigas)
Brazilian Giant Blonde (Nhandu vulpinus)
Trinidad Chevron (Psalmopoeus cambridgei)

I been reading caresheets (not from this site) and some say to mist and some say not to mist.

So do I mist these guys or not?...Also I have a humidifer which i use to keep the humidity up (duh) but there is condensation on most of the enclosures I was told this was bad. so should i be misting the enclosures instead??
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[ErikH]

For the species that require higher humidity, mist the substrate away from the tarantula. Don't mist the tarantula, or web tube in the case of avics or psalmopoeus. Is the condensation on the inside or the outside of the enclosures?

[Ballpython2]

For the species that require higher humidity, mist the substrate away from the tarantula. Don't mist the tarantula, or web tube in the case of avics or psalmopoeus. Is the condensation on the inside or the outside of the enclosures?

The condensation is on the inside...there is still some there even when i dont mist or have the humidifier on..could this be from the water dishes I use?

[ErikH]

Possibly. Stop misting until the condensation stops. Then go back to misting every couple of days. If I remember correctly, you bumped up the temperature in your closet? As the substrate heats up, it is releasing moisture and causing the condensation. As long as there is condensation, the humidity in the enclousures is probably close to 100%. Just give it time to dry out a little, and the condensation will go away. You could add more ventilation in the enclosures, too, but then you will have to monitor things a little more closely so that it doesn't get too dry for the species that require high humidity. For your larger tarantulas, you can overfill the water dish so that the substrate around it gets wet, rather than misting. This will keep the humidity around 80-85%.