Bloodrazor
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Hi all,
I was always intrigued by having this tiny creature that would add a bit of adrenaline in life. There were 3 I wanted to consider: snakes or miniature-snakes, scorpions or spiders.
As my designated location would be our kitchen which has direct access to our terrace I realized quickly that due to potential temperature differences which this may cause it might be best to stick with no different than tarantula to start.
Factors I have considered so far:
Location: Ireland, with higher than average humidity (70-80 %RH) and relatively low temperatures although kitchen should retain in general some 20-ish Celsius even on a cold days.
Due to direct access to our terrace spider cage / aquarium would be located against two corner walls withheat pad (undecided) against an outside (exposed) cage wall to mitigate on temperature dropping too much.
Safety: As a newbie in the topic I am more keen on choosing more venomous spider due to child (5yo) at home - I do not wish to test what urticating hair could do to a child. My logic here being - I am not getting tarantula to test it's venom toxicity and so this is insignificant factor when compared to what airborne urticating hair could cause. (EDIT)
I have already ordered hybrid cage and aquarium (no mesh - no legs getting stuck etc) and only hope for it to be made from acrylic-like material and if it turns out to be glass we will install additional plexi protective screen - just to eliminate on that factor of flying objects until potential replacement comes around.
Spider well-being: While I am looking for:
Old World, arboreal or semi-arboreal species recommendation (EDIT)
New World, arboreal or semi-arboreal species recommendation and still wish to consider it's well-being as much as I can. Myself and my cousin will be designing a "mechanical curtain" to simulate as much as possible on uninterrupted day cycles.
While kitchen is rather quiet place and there isn't much else to consider (no intense cooking nor any other craziness) rather than the fact that we sometimes hang around there to grab a drink or catch up - hence idea for that curtain.
Selected place for cage / aquarium has no direct sunlight at any time of day regardless of seasons.
Have I tried at least finding some species? Yes, but not knowing exactly what should I be looking for I figured best to ask someone who would contribute in extending poor creatures life than relying on my guess. As more and more I have been looking for I quickly realized species that might be good are not available in Ireland. Considering beurocracy pile of garbage I was hoping someone could also chime in on whether this could somehow be ignored or if someone has experience dealing with live stock transits between IE & UK and rest of EU.
I greatly appreciate any inputs and hope not be chewed up if something sounds out of place.
Thanks!
Bloodrazor
I was always intrigued by having this tiny creature that would add a bit of adrenaline in life. There were 3 I wanted to consider: snakes or miniature-snakes, scorpions or spiders.
As my designated location would be our kitchen which has direct access to our terrace I realized quickly that due to potential temperature differences which this may cause it might be best to stick with no different than tarantula to start.
Factors I have considered so far:
Location: Ireland, with higher than average humidity (70-80 %RH) and relatively low temperatures although kitchen should retain in general some 20-ish Celsius even on a cold days.
Due to direct access to our terrace spider cage / aquarium would be located against two corner walls with
I have already ordered hybrid cage and aquarium (no mesh - no legs getting stuck etc) and only hope for it to be made from acrylic-like material and if it turns out to be glass we will install additional plexi protective screen - just to eliminate on that factor of flying objects until potential replacement comes around.
Spider well-being: While I am looking for:
New World, arboreal or semi-arboreal species recommendation and still wish to consider it's well-being as much as I can. Myself and my cousin will be designing a "mechanical curtain" to simulate as much as possible on uninterrupted day cycles.
While kitchen is rather quiet place and there isn't much else to consider (no intense cooking nor any other craziness) rather than the fact that we sometimes hang around there to grab a drink or catch up - hence idea for that curtain.
Selected place for cage / aquarium has no direct sunlight at any time of day regardless of seasons.
Have I tried at least finding some species? Yes, but not knowing exactly what should I be looking for I figured best to ask someone who would contribute in extending poor creatures life than relying on my guess. As more and more I have been looking for I quickly realized species that might be good are not available in Ireland. Considering beurocracy pile of garbage I was hoping someone could also chime in on whether this could somehow be ignored or if someone has experience dealing with live stock transits between IE & UK and rest of EU.
I greatly appreciate any inputs and hope not be chewed up if something sounds out of place.
Thanks!
Bloodrazor
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