Dealing with this HEATWAVE

Dealing with this HEATWAVE
The heatwave we are going through at the moment here in the uk is making some keepers very nervous about the care of their tarantulas , the heat is not the worry its the humidity that can cause problems, here we discuss some of the issues .
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[@cynthialbell9023]

Hi Dave I enjoyed this video. Excellent views camera lady. You always talk about such important information, about how to regulate the temperature for the slings, to keep them alive in the heat. And how they get moisture from their food, and they do not need to add any water.❤🕷🕸Cindy USA

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad it was helpful! ❤️

[@BuffyLynn]

Did you hit the like button? How about the bell? You must subscribe folks! Dave is on his way to 100k subscribers this year, let’s help him achieve that well deserved milestone 😊❤

[@MARKYMARKSSPIDERSNBUGS]

He should activate the thanks tab on his feeds I reckon.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

You're the best!❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@johnpowell351]

Thank you Dave and Camera Lady, for such an interesting video. This is really great information. Kindest regards, Joanne 🐺

[@EpicFailFTWNR1]

arachnoids are truly amazing

[@JohnnysCafe_]

87f is around 30c an average day in the tropics and sub tropics, the spiders will be thinking "aahh the good o'l days"

[@graemewright2046]

these educational videos from your point of view PROFF are a very much welcomed among the hobby. very well explained and i hope the hobby benefit . some great footage CAMERA LADY .. another fine video to add to the collection. many thanks guys and take care

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thank you very much!🙏

[@321cynth]

Very informative video Dave and Camera Lady. Thanks! Hoping your mossy frogs are okay with the heat!

[@konohamarusaurtobi409]

Hi Dave and Camera lady love your videos keep up the good work.

[@judycook4314]

Interesting video, Dave. I trust your judgment and ability to get your spiders through extreme heat.

[@ttv.snakez1x402]

I live in a mobile home in Fresno so it can get like 115 here and very dry so I have to have the ac always on and watch the humidity also good thing I’m moving to a real house soon

[@reneespencer8710]

Once again another great video Dave and camera lady. Love Monday and Thursday spider classes. Can’t wait for beastie room 2.0 build to start. Not long now Dave you must be counting down the days. So exciting

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I can’t wait 😂❤

[@susannesamuelsson2930]

You said it perfectly, and I do agree with you! We will have 30 degrees here today in the south of Sweden , it's humid too and for me way too hot!

[@Itstrulyuptoyou]

Quickly becoming my favorite KZbin channel in the hobby! Thanks for all your work Dave.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Wow, thanks!🙏

[@Silke_Gerner]

A great video to calm my worries with the curren😂t high temperatures in Germany . Many thank's

[@belindalaing7592]

The best way I could describe what you are saying dave is Image going to an indoor heated swimming center and its 90° outside 😊👍🏻 love your info videos

[@moniquelerm7381]

Thank u so much dave for all the knowledge we can learn from you, you are the reason i started back in this hobby, GOD BLESS and keep safe 🙏✌️

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Very 🙏 ❤️❤️

[@corinnakl]

Temperature fluctuations are natural.As long as the spiders have water there is no concern. Spiders from deserts for example are often kept unnatural due modern technology (thermostats and heat producing devices)..what people don't forget that a temperature of 40c plus at day is a 40c minus at night (for example). I can certainly see mine sticking to the heat mat on the enclosure if they need heat and getting away from it if they don't. Humidity is indeed the major concern because we can recreate the temperature but the humidity is a bit fiddly so we have to keep.an eye on that as Dave points out.

[@GeorgeCardiff]

Brilliant video Dave and how right you are regarding the water 💧, You don't need to soak your enclosures, anyway Dave that's another super job by yourself and camera 📷 lady Dave.

[@bridgethoskins9809]

Thanks again for the great information. I always come to your channel to find answers to my spider questions.

[@jf794]

Really helpful information. I've been worrying the last few days for my animals because it suddenly got really hot and humid were I live. Thanks Dave. Greetings from North Germany

[@barbhelle5481]

It is hot here in the middle of the US. Thank you for the information.

[@pattijareo7423]

Very interesting Dave! You give information that can save arachnid lives! I love seeing the little guys. 😊🕸🕷🕸

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@NoahRoy-c1v]

You know Dave, I do find what is referred to in the UK as a heatwave quite funny. During our summers here in Northern Ontario, in Canada, it isn’t uncommon to get up to 45C.

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

Hello great video information Dave

[@mariestubbs4606]

Great vid Dave n Camera Lady .

[@DunkinBiscuits]

Another great and helpful video. If you are worried about doing this you can always pre gut load some crickets with a high water based vegetable before feeding them to your spiders. I mean all feeders should be gut loaded anyway but when its hot and you need to remove the water dish to bring down the humidity it definitely cant hurt to fatten the feeders up with fresh veg right before a feeding

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Ours are fed greens ass a staple diet 👍

[@Hayley0412]

Really interesting video, I like the information videos such as heat pads and now the heatwave I think it is a really useful resource video that can now be accessed for everyone! Bloody heatwave??? …………, the temperature really didn’t go up very high it was a little humid but the mountains keep us protected from the heat, visit Wales and you won’t be sweating for long bring a sweatshirt for the evening! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@The_Unborn_Soul]

thanks for this, Dave. i was worried!

[@A.Steeeve]

Thank You both for the very useful tips and tricks! ❤🙏👍 The UK's heat is indeed a wicked one for sure, i'm not made in UK😂 but tbh this 28-30°C it feels like an East European 35-38°C Luckily isn't a lasting one 😂 could not imagine 2-3 weeks of this heat lol

[@MrTheWaterbear]

Man, that’s so interesting. For plants, if you have excess heat, keeping the humidity up is actually what you need to do to to allow the plant to respire and ventilate. But it’s true, it does hamper evaporative cooling, so in animals it does make sense to keep the humidity down.

[@BlackZtar1]

We basically get the same heatwaves in south of Sweden. It's horrible, lol, but my tarantulas are very happy! 🥵😄

[@UncleBurntApostrophe]

Another helpful one, cheers! Creeping toward 90k, then on to the 100k👍

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Fingers crossed!

[@toliscy]

I lost a few spiders last summer due to excessive humidity. This summer is ever worse, but they are still hanging in there

[@SteveMcT]

I thank the lords of innovation for central air conditioning every summer here in New York!

[@Spiderdan-59]

I hear what you're saying about humidity mate,

[@deewhitcha6014]

great info!

[@laurabear4899]

Hi Dave & Kelly, would love to hear about your plans for the new spider room you’re building. How big will it be, the layout for the room & how you want to organise everything. I know you said you plan on changing back to the glass enclosures. I’m sure they’ll love that.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Hoping to video the whole process

[@laurabear4899]

@@daveslittlebeastiesthat’s great news. I bet you’re very eager to get cracking, very exciting.

[@traciecabral1794]

Yes Beastie night 😊

[@michaeldegroot7550]

I have a room full with reptiles and also some spiders. Long ago I used to have an oil filled radiator but! They use a lot of electricity, they are a fire hazard, they dry out the air to an extreme low in winter. So I switched to an ac and it works way better. It has an automatic option so you set a temperature and it determines id it needs to heat or cool. When the humidity is way to high you can even dehumidify with it. It is a one time investement of around €2000 for a quality one but it pays itself back because it uses 4 times less energy to heat.

[@candyscott489]

Putting NO water in the enclosure is probably the most valuable thing !!!!! It is common sense THAT none of us even thought of 😳😳😳 ????? I’m in California it will most likely be in the 100 all summer. BUT we all have air conditioners !! Except older house & homeless 🥲

[@AraneaRegnum]

I just use air conditioning to lower down temperatures, is a must have in south Spain 😅

[@phillipadoran9341]

Very informative great video as always guys 🎉🎉😊

[@kennysweeney7073]

Great video guys thank you so much thank you help is much appreciated xxxx☀️☀️☀️☀️

[@janicehonea7613]

Thank you thank you for the information. It’s very good.

[@MARKYMARKSSPIDERSNBUGS]

How does it affect your mossy frogs Dave? My amphibians are suffering especially the salamander efts. I've lost a couple. I have a fan running just to keep air flowing, it doesn't cool it down. A lot of my spiders are shedding all at once. Must be like taking your shirt off 😂

[@daveslittlebeasties]

My frogs do surprisingly well in the heat and often brings them into breeding condition my Mossys are laying everywhere 😂👍

[@elorine1535]

I run an ac in my snake/spider room it keeps it 26C but the spiders are 29C because of the LED lights. The AC is for the snakes since 2 years ago i hit 45C!! And so many people lost snakes the spiders wouldn't have serious issues at all 26C/79F 29C/84F 45C/113F Because i care about you non metric users :)

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂❤️👍

[@AndreaPotger]

We get to 44 Celsius here in South Australia

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😮

[@curiousape001]

If you are from outside UK - we call it a heatwave when temperatures approaching 21 degrees Celsius.

[@TimBaxterJScorps]

Cracking video mate.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Thanks 👍

[@jenniferbeyer6412]

Great information. Is the main threat of high humidity is mold? Or can they drown?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Stagnant air within the box is the worry

[@JohnDoe-zm6uq]

Hi Dave

[@pamelasteburg6006]

What about your mossy frogs do they like the heat wave? I live in Minnesota some days are 90' f. and the humidity is 80%. This summer lots of rain i am beginning to think we might just float right on down to Texes. All kidding aside we are having a lot of trouble right now with all the fooding.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

The mosses seem to like it so far

[@Thestephouse1]

❤🕷🕸

[@iAmKoKash]

Somehow i wish you would tell the temps in celsius as well for us who do not use fahrenheit.

[@camhopper3111]

American are the only ones who don't use metric. When Mr. Beastie comes on I bring out a little temp comparison chart and it is quite handy. Mr. Google can supply you the info.😊

[@johanpluym3928]

@daveslittlebeasties great info as always 👌😉. I do have another question. Last month, half may I cleaned out my Dubia roach bin, set it up like you showed in your video, but I had mites. Gave all my dubia's a good rince with luke warm water and cleaned everything, fresh wheat bran, etc... Now everything was mite free until last weekend I put some new dubia's in the bin I got from a store, and yep, 2 days later mites all over the bin. Now I've repeated the cleaning process yesterday and again mites free. Now if you ever had a mite outbreak, how do you solve it and keep them away, especialy with this warm weather and humidity ? I've read to put Wormwood tea in the bin because mites don't like the smell, but will that work ? Please any info is appreciated, or maybe a video tutorial 🙂. If any mites get in my Tarantula enclosure, can that be deadly for them ? Greets from Belgium, Johan.

[@spiderrico250]

People overwork the spray bottles as it is. "Step away from the spray bottles" 😂 i see too many people who live by the spray bottle. Its not a reptile. Put. The. Water. Down. 😅😅 😅😅

[@harryramsbottom1385]

I'v been looking at my enclosures recently thinking the humidity has to be 90%+ which cant be good for them, I'll definitely take in what you have told us here

[@wakingforbacon6439]

Never 90% jeez. Almost all spiders can flourish at 60% to about 80% don't really need anything higher than that.

[@harryramsbottom1385]

@@wakingforbacon6439 yeah definitely going to let them dry out a bit in this hot weather. It's only an issue when it's really hot

[@wakingforbacon6439]

@harryramsbottom1385 I get it. It's been 95+ in kentucky whwre I'm from everyday. My enclosures sweating bad. I added a small fan to my tarantula room to help move some air. It helps alot.

[@harryramsbottom1385]

@@wakingforbacon6439 I added a fan this morning and it's helping a lot

[@daveslittlebeasties]

They dont need it that high let them dry out no more water 😂👍

[@ttv.snakez1x402]

I checked the weather app for here in Fresno and it said 121 on Saturday I was like what!! Turns out it was a glitch and it corrected to 112 which is still a what !!😂

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😳

[@jonathan2585]

How about a funnel web video I miss those guys

[@5Raven]

Is there any chance you could do a video on small slings as in keeping them how to tell if they are eating. As being new to this and have had many different types of animals I find it very worrying that they not eating. I have seen some sling videos but is there like a health check you can do. I love my little many legs and perhaps a tad paranoid

[@daveslittlebeasties]

We have done a couple of videos on them 👍

[@spydermatt01]

I filled my nhandu chromatus water dish yesterday (in the UK heatwave) and this morning i found the nhandu sat on top of the water dish for about an hour although i do have a mesh top on the enclosure

[@craneman2201]

great video again! I have species that I keep very moist, like the chilobrachys and theraposa's, would removing the waterbowl be enough, even though the substrate is very moist? the temperature rising to 26-27 degrees worried me so much, that I am now using an airco to cool/keep the room at 24 degrees (22,5-23 inside the enclosure of the theraposa's, because they are on the floor). I can't drain the water from the substrate in a couple of days, when I see a weatherforecast that predicts a heatwave, so removing the water from the waterbowl is the only option. Like I said, the spiders are fine now, with roomtemperature of 24 degrees. off course I made sure that the airflow is indirect via the floor, with no cold air blowing direct into the enclosures!

[@daveslittlebeasties]

They will be fine the way you explained your keeping them 👍

[@craneman2201]

@@daveslittlebeasties yeah, three subadult stirmi's moulted, 1 adult webbed the entrance of her burrow, and my adult Blondi is enlarging her burrow this weekend

[@WRPWRE]

question? what if you used the same method of giving water to them as the Ant community's use ? fill a test tube with water and cotton wool in the end in the minds eye i see less surface area emitting moisture, buuut im more then likely wrong love the content keep it up (^.^)

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Theres no need to , they will be fine as long as they are hydrated 👍

[@harrytrevenen2310]

Since humidity is so critical, does it may sense to segregate your jungle spider's enclosures from the desert spider ones, so one side of the room will have the higher humidity ones and so on?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

The room still holds its own humidity , but yes normally we have them in their own area where we have the space 👍

[@stephenbrand5661]

I just looked at the 10 day for London, UK, and the hottest temperature is 76 degrees F!!! I'm assuming you don't live in London, but are other parts of the UK much hotter??

[@daveslittlebeasties]

Hit 29 in the south 😂

[@peterreedtz7359]

hi Dave the big plastic buckets you use in this video what are they called and where do you buy them greetings Peter Denmark

[@daveslittlebeasties]

They are bra-last tubs and you can get them on line 👍

[@DoctorPolski]

OK so that's the spiders taken care of, what about us???

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂😂😂

[@natashapretoruis]

That's a normal temp in RSA somedays it's 43degrees

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😳

[@jdssurf]

spraying can cool it down if it's already cool but your right about too much humidity and heat together. Bad mix, truly depends too on the enclosure, plastic tubs like you say can turn to a suffocating swamp i don't let my place over 83 in sumer though because i have a crested gecko too. I don't breed anymore but I bred 100s of lizards and kept all sorts of reptiles and tons of tarantulas over the years, i should have done a separate climate controlled room like you have. Why do you let it get that hot though, did I miss that part

[@daveslittlebeasties]

It just naturally gets that hot due to the lighting 👍

[@jdssurf]

@@daveslittlebeasties Well I guess I mean why don't you just run an AC into there during a sketchy heat wave, or are you pretty confident things will be good

[@JohnDoe-zm6uq]

Hi camera lady how are you doing

[@EarthsGeomancer]

Are air conditioners not sold in the UK?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

We don have it long enough to warrant the expense of them 😂

[@BsktImp]

How do rainforest terrestrial and arboreal tarantulas cope with high temperatures and humidity in their natural environments?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

The air exchange is far better not stagnant 👍

[@Taydrum]

tiny little spider AC units

[@haxan6663]

Terrestrial spiders will burrow to avoid the heat in the wild. Arboreal spiders will also find cooler spaces to hide.

[@pixie706]

So why wouldn't a fan in the room help airflow​@@daveslittlebeasties

[@raygay3375]

I’m wondering how you would feel about using a fan to improve circulation on days of high temperatures?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

I dont think they do much to help just move warm air around ?

[@Paul_Davies]

I gave my P. cambridgei fresh water last night, woke up this morning to find that it’s dumped a load of substrate into the water bowl 😡 wondering is this its way of telling me that the humidity is too high or low?

[@harrythompson6977]

70 percent humidity isn't the one

[@afterlifeartistry]

What would you do if the heat carried on for several weeks?

[@daveslittlebeasties]

We can still limit the amount of water in the enclosure it’s all about humidity control excess water is the problem

[@jdssurf]

he bought little miniature ceiling fans to go in each enclosure.

[@afterlifeartistry]

@daveslittlebeasties yeah I got that, was just wondering how long to leave without refilling at all. Like you said they get most moisture from food anyway, and when are we ever lucky enough to have a long period of sun and heat haha!

[@mrobo9037]

What HEAT WAVE ? it's the summer, it gets HOT in the summer 🤔

[@daveslittlebeasties]

We went from 70s to 90s in 24hrs bit of a shock to most 😂

[@GrimSoulBanisher]

I'm sorry, but as an American, hearing what your heatwave is, I laugh. I walk outside in summer to 110F (43C) on the regular.

[@daveslittlebeasties]

😂😂😂😂

[@project_possible]

Here in the UK our summer is usually 8-13°c and raining 😂

[@allfunnydogsstories2129]

37°C 104°F here in Richmond VA. I’m originally from Germany. every time it gets hot in Europe it’s a problem because nobody has air conditioners like we do in the US. 😊😊😊

[@GrimSoulBanisher]

@@allfunnydogsstories2129 80F is not A/C weather

[@kittysparkleeyes]

The issue is we don't have aircon here. I have snakes and spiders and i really worried yesterday because my room went up to 33c even though i turned off all heating. The problem with that is they cannot self regulate when they have that kind of ambient temp so i spend the whole day worrying.