Care sheets/husbandry.

[MohawkMIke]

Is there a forum about different species husbandry in here, like different people experience, way of keeping they T's. If not would it be cool to add such a forum to share your knowledge with others who might benefit from it..and what other would recommend for tarantula info, research like websites, books, papers??Old time keepers what would be your place to go for researching specific species

 

[Matt Man]

most care sheets online are outdated and new info has shown them to be not as helpful as one would think. Avoid you tube and social media. The best place to look is here, use the search function, any questions regarding husbandry, even down to species has been covered here numerous times and certain old timers have volumes of info attached right to their names

 

[PanzoN88]

most care sheets online are outdated and new info has shown them to be not as helpful as one would think. Avoid you tube and social media. The best place to look is here, use the search function, any questions regarding husbandry, even down to species has been covered here numerous times and certain old timers have volumes of info attached right to their names

I second this.

I advise starting here:

Admin Announcement - Tarantula Information for Beginners (and More)

Below are some helpful resources. (Rather than having half a dozen or more pinned threads, which clutter the top of the board, we are pinning this index.) While the focus is on beginners, there are other threads on health and more advanced species that may be useful to more experienced keepers...

arachnoboards.com

 

[MohawkMIke]

most care sheets online are outdated and new info has shown them to be not as helpful as one would think. Avoid you tube and social media. The best place to look is here, use the search function, any questions regarding husbandry, even down to species has been covered here numerous times and certain old timers have volumes of info attached right to their names

ANY names of these certain old timers, as sometimes just would like to read some info like that, not looking for something specific just to learn more about different tarantulas.

I advise starting here:

Admin Announcement - Tarantula Information for Beginners (and More)

Below are some helpful resources. (Rather than having half a dozen or more pinned threads, which clutter the top of the board, we are pinning this index.) While the focus is on beginners, there are other threads on health and more advanced species that may be useful to more experienced keepers...

arachnoboards.com

ye read through most of it already

 

[viper69]

Is there a forum about different species husbandry in here, like different people experience, way of keeping they T's. If not would it be cool to add such a forum to share your knowledge with others who might benefit from it..and what other would recommend for tarantula info, research like websites, books, papers??Old time keepers what would be your place to go for researching specific species

AB and peer- reviewed scientific literature

Contacting well known breeders that are to be trusted.

anything else is 99% garbage.

 

[jrh3]

As for husbandry, most of it can be summed up:
terrestrial, arboreal, fossorial.
Substrate dry, moist.
ventilation.

If you made a sheet for each species, most of them would be all the same.

 

[LucN]

Chasing numbers, such as temperature and "humidity", kills spiders. A good majority of the species are fairly hardy, acclimating to a wide range in temperature (60 to 90 F), many do well on dry substrate with a waterdish, a few are truly moisture dependant and their substrate must be damp (not wet). Good ventilation is a must for all species. Pick up after your spider (food leftovers especially) and in theory things ought to go well. Don't over complicate things, these are not reptiles that require specific temps and humidity to thrive.

 

[Matt Man]

ANY names of these certain old timers, as sometimes just would like to read some info like that, not looking for something specific just to learn more about different tarantulas.


ye read through most of it already

for Avics and Versicolors viper69 (check recent forums where this was just discussed, again use the search function)