Can anyone give advice regarding obtaining and looking after one of these fellas.
2006-10-04 10:05:16 · 28 answers · asked by Stephen N 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Yes
2006-10-04 10:08:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tarantulas are great pets, they require very little and are really cool to watch. All you have to do is provide a few crickets a few times a week, keep the cage clean (their poop is like dust, their cages only need to be cleaned every 1 - 2 months if that, presuming you have at least a 10 gallon tank), keep the enclosure at the right temperature, and provide them with a shallow water dish. Try doing an internet search on tarantula care. I recommend starting out with a chilean rosehair, they are very common in pet stores and are a good starter tarantula.
If you want a pet you can take out of the cage and pet, I would NOT suggest a spider. Though tarantulas are often calm, they still can bite if threatened (though most are not very poisonous and will only cause a small swelling), and you may hurt the spider by dropping it or even touching it, depending on the breed. Tarantulas are pretty much a "look don't touch" pet, which is another reason that they are so easy to care for. Good luck!
2006-10-04 11:10:57 · answer #2 · answered by Robin 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I know it may sound silly, but can't you just catch a wild one and keep it in an old fish tank or something? Give it some fluff from the hoover and some sticks or something and it'll be fine. I don't understand how they survive anyway, because if you look in a shed or under the bath there are these huge spiders but they can't be feasting on flies down there? I dont see how they eat.
I saw a horrible one in the conservatory and it was so big I just cried, I held my cat because I was worried the spider might attack it it was so big!
2006-10-04 10:22:36 · answer #3 · answered by floppity 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Be fore i answerer your question i look to see what others were saying to your answer, no i wasn't cheating. But why can't people answer you seriously instead of all the funny stuff. Your really looking for a spider i think the best thing to do is go to your nearest pet store and they will advise you on what to get if its your first one.
2006-10-05 01:12:08 · answer #4 · answered by chass_lee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are great pets! Check out this website.
My son started his spider keeping "career" by catching and keeping house and garden spiders. It was a cheap way for him to learn how to keep them alive before I bought him a mexican red legged spider. Common spiders don't need the heat mats that exotic ones do, but other than that the principles are the same. The spiders eat meal worms, micro crickets and basically any insect that smaller than them and moves (its the movement that gets the spider to grab the food).
2006-10-04 10:33:26 · answer #5 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have a serious answer for you, a good starter tarantula would be a Chilean Rose or Mexican Red Knee as they are very docile and will rarely bite.I have a CR and its never even flicked hairs(irritating hairs on their legs), they need a "cage" of at least 12'x12' or bigger if you can,if you house is warm all the time,25C or above you wont need a heat source,but if its not you will need a heat mat under 1/3 of the cage,and they need a permanent supply of water, there are loads of web sites if you type"tarantula care sheets" into your search engine you will get loads of hits.
good luck,don't rush into it do your research FIRST.
2006-10-05 09:50:51 · answer #6 · answered by mark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have qiute a few big, fat dirty house spiders, and never kill them, just tap the floor, so they run away, so i dont stand on them. They eat woodlice, silverfish, woodworm, etc and are good for a house. Generally, they dont make webs, ther's enogh food under the floor boards. They get pretty big, and seem to be of different varieties, so interesting to look at...therefore, a nil maintenance "pet" that isnt caged, and doesnt want to run away......its how you view the concept, of pet!
2006-10-04 10:11:12 · answer #7 · answered by ben b 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've got one underneath my shower tray in the bathroom. Every evening he comes out takes one look at me and then scurries off and sits by the shower tray. Just be kind to a spider and it will be kind to you.
I think you probably mean a spider such as a terrantula..I am not sure if am be too keen to have one of them underneath my shower. But good luck to you and watch for the black widow as she will devour her mate once she has had her wicked way with him.
2006-10-04 10:13:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
come into my back garden you can have has many as you like free of charge.
the warm weather has made them breed like crazy, and they are living off the greenfly on my roses which have also bred like crazy.
seriously, you need to get advice from a specialist shop, on keeping and maintaining spiders before you actually purchase one. they are not like cats you can push out at night and they come back in the morning, they need heat lamps and various other things.
2006-10-04 10:16:34 · answer #9 · answered by cross_sox 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OK, as long as you call it Harry.
Once there was a massive one in the lounge so I tried to hoover it up, but the bloody thing came out again.....alive. This happened three times, in the end I let it run off, as it seemed to deserve it somehow!
2006-10-04 11:05:03 · answer #10 · answered by Wizzy Woman 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋