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Originally Posted by Carlaz
How are your baby spideys doing? Do your spiders live in separate quarters or can they live as a community?
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Like pbl said, the simple answer is no. Don't ever house them together. I don't even know how filmmakers shot scenes like that one in
Something Wicked This Way Comes where a slew of tarantulas swarm all over the one kid's bedroom - there must have been a lot of "spidercide" on the set...
The babies are good so far. The chromatus is one fat little toddler, I could probably stand to feed him a little less. He drinks like a sponge; he was more likely than not deprived of water for a good while prior to the reptile show, though his abdomen wasn't shriveled. He's too young to tell his gender just yet, he needs to get a bit bigger. But I can't wait to know. The teeny one has webbed up his vial like mad and seems good. I did find out after I got him that the species has demanding humidity and temp needs, like my snake, which worried me because it is VERY dry here. I hope he does okay.
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Originally Posted by Carlaz
My 8 yo really needs a pet tarantula now after I read this to her.  |
Just be sure to do your homework!
Arachnoboards is a good place to start, and if you get a common G. rosea ("rosie") there's a
whole section just on taking care of them properly, as they are the common pet store tarantulas that are so often sold by pet stores who don't know anything about t's to customers who don't know anything about t's. Anyways, you can find pbl there (as pitbulllady) and me too (NeitherSparky).