Hi,
I just got my first tarantula, a female Chilean Rose. I call her Elvira. She is about 3 1/2 - 4 inches. I would appreciate it if you could give me some advice.
1. I am keeping her in a 10 gallon aquarium that measures 18"L x 12"W x 12"H. Is this suitable for this species?
2. I use a home-made lid made from a sheet of Plexiglas. How many holes should I put in the lid (remember the dimensions are 18" x 12")? What diameters should the holes be?
3. I am using "T-Rex Forest Bedding" as the substrate. It is a condensed brick type that is added to water. I squeezed most of the excess water out to make it less moist. Is this substrate suitable?
4. In the aquarium I have substrate, cork bark, water dish. and spider of course. Anything else I could add?
5. I will be feeding the Rose a diet of crickets. How frequently should it be feed and how many crickets per feeding? It ate about 6 crickets today.
Please let me know any other advice that you think is important for a new T owner to know.
Thanks very much for your help.
DavidB
I just got my first tarantula, a female Chilean Rose. I call her Elvira. She is about 3 1/2 - 4 inches. I would appreciate it if you could give me some advice.
1. I am keeping her in a 10 gallon aquarium that measures 18"L x 12"W x 12"H. Is this suitable for this species?
2. I use a home-made lid made from a sheet of Plexiglas. How many holes should I put in the lid (remember the dimensions are 18" x 12")? What diameters should the holes be?
3. I am using "T-Rex Forest Bedding" as the substrate. It is a condensed brick type that is added to water. I squeezed most of the excess water out to make it less moist. Is this substrate suitable?
4. In the aquarium I have substrate, cork bark, water dish. and spider of course. Anything else I could add?
5. I will be feeding the Rose a diet of crickets. How frequently should it be feed and how many crickets per feeding? It ate about 6 crickets today.
Please let me know any other advice that you think is important for a new T owner to know.
Thanks very much for your help.
DavidB