New to Tarantulas, new to forums!

[Nicola Dolby]

Hi Tracy, welcome and enjoy yourself!

[Tracy Sherwood-Farnfield]

Well that has put my mind at rest about delivery of my little lady, I have just been down to 'warn' the chaps in the post room - they were actually quite excited by the prospect. One used to work for Royal Mail and regailed me with tales of 'live-stock' in the post! LOL at the 'stunts' pulled with colleagues. I keep winding mine up by saying things such as 'well of course I will have to open it - I need to check it is okay!' and I did think of placing it prominantly on my desk and jostling the box every now and then with a discretely placed ruler to see the response! I think however, mostly I will just be anxious and excited to get home and introduce my new arrival to it's new home, and on that point....

I have set up my viv as per many a beginners guide specs (peaty substrate, higher at one end, water bowl at the other, half a plant pot a bit burried and a piece of cork bark at the opposite end and a heat pad on one end for the cooler months as my house is on the drafty side {n.b. I have the plant pot in the cool end and the cork bark in the warm end, so she can chose a comfortable retreat whatever her preference!}) The temperature dial (without the heat on) reads between 60-70 degrees but the hygrometer is currently telling me that I have over 90% humidity (?) I am not sure this is possible in a well ventilated tank in a drafty house, and without any artifical heat - or spider for that matter, and there is absolutley no condensation present (in fact I haven't even filled the water bowl yet) does this sound right to anyone? I have instructed my husband on his trip to the pet shop today to pick up another hygrometer just in case......

[Colin D Wilson]

The high humidity will probably just be the water content in the peat substrate, leave it to dry out your rosea will be happy that way.
everything else sounds ok, although i personally would up the heat a bit to between 75-80 in the day with a little cool off at night (this is the temp i've found my grammostola seem to thrive at best).

[Barbara Gittings]

Hi Tracy

Welcome to the forum, sorry if my welcome is a bit late but I've been off line for awhile.

Hope you are having lots of fun with your new T, they are very special and very addictive so watch out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you have been warned

Barbara