Regarding Tarantulas as pets

IcE-ColD said:
This thread has made me decide I'm going to get one. I've been reading about them for the last hour or so and looking at pictures of enclosures.

I've got a few questions:
Does it matter that I get a tank that is larger then the sizes people reccomend?
How do keep the humidity at the right level?
And also does loud sound like music effect them? (user above asked aswell)
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1) No but please don't go beserk. They aren't snakes or lizards, they won't appreciate acres of space

2) It's about getting a balance with ventilation. Comes with time. Don't worry about it too much - as long as the soil isn't so dry it's shrinking and drusty or so wet you have condensation permanently on the tank walls you should be fine

3) See above :)
 
My Versi likes to come out and see whats happening if I play loud music, it has a wander round then goes back into its hide lol.

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This subject fascinates me although I know if I ever came face to face with one I would scream like the girl that I am.

Pictures of your collection please Lopez! Who was it who had the Cobalt Blue....amazing colours for a spider.
 
I really think this is a stupid question...but, do spiders (specifically large ones) get 'bored' (its an expression, no real way of knowing of course, just asking for opinions or whatever) in small enclosed tanks, or do you let them out in the house? or does just no-one care?

:)
 
Chimerical said:
or do you let them out in the house?
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My mum would freak out if I did that :D

Interesting thread, some quite nice looking spiders IMO, I can see the fascination with them - will definitely look up some more info in the future.
 
Due to Lopez' thread way back, I bought my first Chilean Rose spiderling from a pet shop in 2003.

I bought a few more, but it was my brother who really got hooked on them and bought absolutely loads of them. He has cut down on them a bit now though, instead getting more lizards and snakes. Which to be fare, I think are a bit more interesting, as the Tarantulas start to loose the appeal after a while.

I gave the ones I had left to my brother and the only one I have left now is still my Chilean Rose. She is a bit bigger now, but still not particularly big yet. But then, it is a spider that is supposed to live 30 years!
 
Nice replies (and pics :D)

Thanks Lopez... I'll probably end up asking more questions later but I saw on the link you put to that shop a breed called Guyana Pink Toe. Have you or anyone else any experience with this particular kind?

Chilean Rose seems to be a good bet from what I've read and heard.

Cheers
 
RiPz said:
The most interesting thing (in my opinion) is when i spider molts, the first time you see one of your own spiders do it its comparable to something like a child losing its first tooth..
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A guy who worked in a store I did IT support for kept tarantulas, and once when it shed its skin he took the skin to work and put it in the stationary drawer and one of the 16 year old weekend girls found, apparently she thought it was the real spider and passed out she was that scared:D

bledd. said:
next time the gf puts a put wrong, this is her wallpaper
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Brilliant! I'm doing that aswell! :D
 
Voltar said:
Nice replies (and pics :D)

Thanks Lopez... I'll probably end up asking more questions later but I saw on the link you put to that shop a breed called Guyana Pink Toe. Have you or anyone else any experience with this particular kind?

Chilean Rose seems to be a good bet from what I've read and heard.

Cheers
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Avicularia avicularia. Very similar to mr_x_plosion's Avicularia versicolor. I've had several of these. They're lovely spiders and you can usually handle them if you really want to (they jump though!!). They're arboreal, so much more interesting to look at than the terrestrial spiders,. However, they're nowhere near as hardy as the Grammostola rosea, so if you're looking after ultra low maintenance, don't bother.
 
Lostkat,

thanks for your reply :) . I'm serious about getting one of these and am planning a trip to the London Zoo this weekend to have a chat with the people who work with the spiders there to get some more information as I'd love to have a long conversation with someone who is passionate about these creatures!
I've never kept a spider before, but have a profound love of all creatures great and small and am fascinated by the arboreal species of tarantula. Also I'm glad to hear that they can be handled, but you say that they jump: does this mean unpredictably or just if you irritate it somehow?
How long did yours live for Lostkat? If I procured a sub-adult how would I look after it? I'm not convinced it's all as easy as the site that Lopez linked says it is to keep a spider and would want to know as much as possible from as many sources so I can really appreciate it and care for it properly.
When you say they're not as hardy and aren't ultra low maintenance would you be able to be a little more specific? I'd love any information or pictures about this particular breed if you'd be able to share :)

Thanks a lot,
Voltar
 
When you clean their tank, you're supposed to take the spider out and put it where? And do you have to take them out using hands? :(
 
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