If you could go back to your first day of T keeping, what advice would you give yourself?

[nicodimus22]

Obviously, I mean tarantula-related advice. Not which sports team to bet on, or who to avoid marrying, etc.

 

[Sarkhan42]

For the love of god, leave it alone, don't forget to refill water, and get that heat lamp out of there the temperature is just fine... At 12-13 I was not exactly the most informed, and my first suffered for it She helped teach me some valuable lessons and led me here, I miss her dearly, RIP Petra a beautiful E. campestratus.

 

[SDCustom78]

Dont buy another because of color, you may be in over your head already.

 

[Cassiusstein]

Don't give advice to others until you've earned the right to do so. Don't bother buying anything but Psalmopoeus.

 

[MrTwister]

Buy a bigger shelf.

 

[Ellenantula]

Don't sweat every little detail -- learn everything you can and do your best, of course. But also remember to chill a bit and just let them be. Don't try to micro-manage, control or over think everything.
Just enjoy your Ts and trust them to know how to tarantula!

 

[BoyFromLA]

“No Neoholothele incei communal my friend.”

 

[Mirandarachnid]

Don't bother with the flightless fruit flies.

 

[EulersK]

If you could go back to your first day of T keeping, what advice would you give yourself?

"STOP TRYING TO MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY!!!"

 

[Tarmizi Zakaria]

Dont panic when tarantula cover their hide..

 

[Tia B]

Handle. The. Vial. More. Carefully. (and less)

I know you're a complete klutz but stop jostling the poor little sling. You're lucky you started out with a tough species.

Also, its soil does not need to be THAT moist. You are just upsetting the spider when you soak the soil like that. Stop trying to increase ambient humidity.

 

[cold blood]

Get a second one right away...don't wait the better part of a decade.

 

[EulersK]

Get a second one right away...don't wait the better part of a decade.

Wait, what? You waited that long before a second spider? What was your first?

 

[cold blood]

Wait, what? You waited that long before a second spider? What was your first?

boring porteri....did things so slowly it took forever to learn anything meaningful...lol. Got 2 others, a brachy and a pulchripes and learned more from them in a month than I did from that porteri in 9 years...lol. The next 10 years obviously saw significant expansion...lol.

 

[StampFan]

Get a second one right away...don't wait the better part of a decade.

From first purchase to second purchase it was almost 2 decades for me. And another before purchase 3....I hear ya.

 

[Nightshady]

Don't put a 3/4" sling in a 10 gallon tank.

 

[boina]

You don't need to handle your tarantula to be a good keeper!!! Whoever told you that was a complete idiot.

I never ever wanted to handle them but I thought I had to because someone told me"if you are scared and can't hold your tarantula you shouldn't have one in the first place". There are still pics on my computer of me awkwardly holding my Emilia .

 

[BoyFromLA]

Get a second one right away...don't wait the better part of a decade.

I’d like to forward this message/advice to our dearly friend @Moakmeister.

 

[Ungoliant]

Obviously, I mean tarantula-related advice.

When doing cage maintenance, it defeats the purpose of using tongs if you are just going to set the water dish in your hand when removing it. Do you like having itchy hands?

Don't wait until your male matures to start lining up potential dates.

Pet holes aren't as boring as you think.

 

[EulersK]

Do you like having itchy hands?

Kind of, yes. Not sure why. Might need to see a therapist about that one.