T Care video fail

[vickywild]

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-care-for-tarantulas

:bruised:

"Those" words:

Kept moist
Heat mat
Silicogel

 

[Ludedor24]

I saw little problems , but if you didnt know anything about them it was pretty informative

 

[Hobo]

This video is part of the reason we get new guys here with seemingly no idea how to properly care for tarantulas despite doing research.

A list of things this video got right:

Keeping a secure ventilated enclosure
Coco coir as substrate, with hide
keeping it away from heaters and drafts
Keeping them solitary
Handling
Feeding them insects
Not feeding during premolt/molt/postmolt
Removing uneaten items

The rest ranges from inadvisable to completely wrong.

 

[Apollo Justice]

I'm just curious, has anyone ever seen a tarantula eat/drink silica gel??


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I am here: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=34.437698,-119.281412

 

[Tarantel]

I also watched their emperor scorpion video, it also says you should have a heat mat, and use silica gel. It also says something about exercise and play. The AGB care video doesn't seem so bad though.

 

[synyster]

I've seen far worse than this vid. Of course, they got it all wrong, especially concerning the silica gel, but I've seen stuff in care vids, and just random spider vids that would make a black man turn white...