So then you're saying not to put it in the corner of my desk where it will get next to no light form the window what so ever? It would still get light from my bulbs and stuff...but not so much from my windows...and a night time bulb eh? My friend bought a "Moonlight bulb" for his chameleon...That might be kinda neat..but is it a mega necessity?

Light really stresses Ts out. It can stress them to the point of killing them if they're exposed to it a lot. I personally keep all my Ts in the dark and use heat pads for heating. If you really need to heat the enclosure, I'd do so without light if you can.

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Thanks Furry! I'll do that. On another note! I just picked me up a 3 month old Brazilian Black She's a cutey pie. I'll take a pic as soon as she's out of the box lol. Gotta think of a name for her too.

Matt I am curious about that statement. Around here you see Tarantulas out in the daytime fairly frequently. Many times taking a stroll across roads. If light is so bad for them why are they out in the middle of the day?

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No, I didn't say that it was necessary - but if you did want to light the cage so you could see in there, without stressing the T out, you could use a nighttime bulb outside the tank. We don't use anything though. Our largest T is downstairs in the living room, where during the day the room is light from the window.

I'm curious about that statement too Matt?

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What you're probably seeing are males searching for females. Males will roam far and wide to find girls cause their sole purpose is to mate, which is why they have such short life spans compared to females. They're most likely searching at night too, but they're on a mission, daylight or not. A female could be out to search for new territory or for food, if she's hungry enough. I doubt they're spending their whole days out in broad sunlight though, just part of it.

I'm going off captive Ts though. If they're kept in constant light, with no means of escape, it will most likely stress them way too much. I'm talking about a lot of light though, I mean pretty much constant throughout the day. A wild T, especially a male, can come out in the day to hunt for girls, but it always has the option of retreating to the shade. If you kept a captive T in a cage with a bright light overhead and no means to escape it, the T's chances of living a normal lifespan decrease with all that added stress.

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Yeah I can understand that,. Ts are not friendly creatures - haha just ask our greenbottle blue or our togo, or in fact most of our Ts - many species are very agressive by nature, while others are very shy. They likely see anything bigger than them as a threat, and need to be able to feel secure and confident in their habitat.

Hope your new T is doing well Lorno, any pics?

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Thanks for the clarification Matt I was wondering. Since I have seen them out in the wide open during the height of summer in the middle of the day. And I can tell you in summer that sun is bright! and hot!

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Australian funnel web spiders are the same way (and look rather similar to Ts). While the females are comfortable in their burrows, the males are nomadic, constantly searching for females. Its how a lot of people there get bit, cause the wandering males find their way into your house.

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Ok now that we're on the topci of lights, and no no pics yet Gabonica she's kinda still a lot scared, last night I put the box in, she crawled out in half an hour and made it under the box lol, then I put her more in the corner where my Habba Hut is and she kidna went on my hand , not by her choice mind you and then in the morning she had made a burrow, finally she's out of it and resting on my heating pad which brings me to my questions! I have a Zoo-med 10-20 Gallon Heating pad on the left side corner of my tank. It is in the corner because I put a lot of substrate in and the heat wouldn't get to the tank good enough. HOWEVER! My heating pad isn't all that powerful lol. The corner where it is is a good 80 degrees, which for a Brazlian Black isn't too bad, but in the middle it goes to 73 and then the far corner is 70! And I think it's too cold for her. So I phoned up the pet shop and one of the guys that works there says to put in either a red heat lamp, or a moonlight lamp. Now! The red heat lamp is Infra Red and he claims that T's cannot see it? (kinda like in that snake forum question) and in this thread we've been talking about how constant light ****s for Captive T's, which this light would be constant. The red one is also a lot hotter meaning I probably almost wouldn't need the Pad, but the Moonlight one isn't as hot which means I could have the pad light combo, and I'm assuming the moonlight one (gabonica said it wouldn't be bad) is some sort of infra red as well. I need a better heat source then this pad...will these lights be detrimental to my babies ?!