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I held the Haplopelma lividum very very briefly. It lunged forward at my hubby and made him squeak like a little girl, but from what I understand she is pretty mellow for a cobalt. I didn't know they had strong venom though Glad she was ticked at someone else and not me!

The FFFs are the flightless fruit fly cultures. I don't have anything other than a petsmart and petco close.

I ordered a arboreal kit from Jamie and a 1 inch Avicularia versicolor. I know it wasn't the best choice for a first T but like I told Brain (simpleman) I intend to hover over it like an overprotective mother. Jamie was really patent with me and answered all my million plus questions.

Boanerges - do you put your digital thermometer/hydrometer inside on the side or on the bottom of the enclosure? It depends on what temps or whatever I am trying to get. I have been doing this for so long that I have a good idea of where everything is based off of the room temp and humidity. The more touchier T's I pay a lot closer attention to though. I have more of an issue with my natural humidity being too high. For instance the room humidty where the T's and snakes are right at this second is around 75%-78% (I have three humidty guages in that room, not counting in the tanks spread out to just give me an idea of the natural humidty in the room) but it's currently raining. I need to be aware of how often I mist or wet the substrate, and air flow because mold becomes an issue. You pretty much just want to keep an eye on the air temps and humidity. You are not checking a hot spot (unless for some reason you are putting a heat mat on the side of the tank or something). With the air temps in the enclosure you can check it by putting a probe inside the tank for awhile or the thermometer it's self for a quick check. You can also leave it in there if you are more worried about it. So I should bypass the deli cup and go right to the enclosure? That would make things easier. YES

Alexandra V- Good to know about the vermiculite. I did order that book. Hopefully I will be here soon.

Thanks every one! You've all been a great help