i'm looking for personal experience here, not links. i've already done lots of reading on the internet. i'm interested in what individuals think.
your favorite species? any tips or suggestions?
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They're about the easiest pets possible to keep. An old aquarium works fine. Put some kitty litter on the floor and something easy, like leggo blocks, to climb on. They aren't good climbers because they can't hold their own weight so don't make it difficult. They like somewhere to hide away from light and a small water dish. They have to be kept at room temperature all the time. You have to keep them fed with live crickets from your pet store. It might eat a couple a day. The aquarium will have to have a screen top to keep the crickets in. The tarantula will actually get bored in a small space though. You need to take it out and give it some excitement regularly. They are extremely fragile. You drop it and it's a goner. Any injury and it's also a goner. Broken legs are the most common injury. Mostly, they're just a pet to look at. They aren't very active. They aren't considered deadly if you get bit, something like a bee sting. However I wouldn't want to get stung by a bee that size, so stay away from those 2 big fangs in front. They live a fairly long time. Possibly you could have it for 6 months and then sell it back to the pet store for 1/2 price. I had a few of them and always named each one, "Hairy". That's about it.
i don't know, but i wouldn't go near that thing i hate spiders!
Mexican rose hair is probably the easiest and common. Stay away from old world spiders.they are extremely aggressive and cannot be handled by the novice.
Overall, as long as you do the proper research into what species you plan to get, the tarantula doesn't require too much. Pretty much humidity, heat, space and food.
Have had a few different breeds, depends on what you get, and they have different personalities in the breed. Had a red, skeleton, and a few of the more garden variety. Just be warned, what you see is not always what you get. Was told by the seller the red didn't spin and never liked to get out of the tank, but guess what? yes she did spin, managed to get some pretty complex empty nests in the tank, and she loved to be out of it, used to take her for walks on my shoulder. the skeleton was a different story, thought the guy had almost killed it, seems he liked to soak his feet ( breed likes water, but on their terms) in the toilet, but that one also liked to play houdini, and show up at the most inopportune times (nothing like looking up w/ shampoo in your eyes to the underside of a spider!), most times as long as you keep the humidity set for the breed, and make sure there is adequate food, and they can handle being touched, they make pretty good pets.
Not at all, easy to feed, clean and in general to look after i have a mexcian red knee tarantula.
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