Vorax29
Arachnopeon
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- Jan 27, 2017
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Hi everyone!
I've searched around the forum, but did not find a thread about all the myths concerning tarantulas in captivity....
So i'd like to begin an intersting thread about this.
It would be cool to have nice discuss and no aggression, because it seems some myths are hard to be against...
So if you've experienced some particular things with success that "everyone" say it's not good, please, share it with us!
The first I want to give my opinion about is the classical "A spiderling can not find its food in a too big enclosure".
With my first tarantulas, I used to respect this fact! Small spider = small enclosure.
But I've tried to put spiderlings in bigger containers than a ridiculous sized box, and nothing bad happened!
I first tried after I've seen EACH TIME my spiderlings walked all around their little enclosures all night long!
For example, here is the enclosure of my Ceratogyrus marshalli (spider is about 4cm legspan, it means it is smaller than the rock on the picture):
And here is the enclosure of my little Euathlus sp. red (spider is the same legspan as the waterdish) :
(Note the Hypoestes near the rock did not survive )
Another myth some people here have already destroyed is the add of stuff in the waterdish to avoid the drowning of the tarantula...
I've never seen a tarantula drowned in their waterdish...
Here are the 2 first "myths" I had to disagree with.
Of course, I an NOT a scientist, this is with my personal experience, and I DON'T pretend to own the ultimate truth!
I'm opened to discuss, and I'de really like to read your experience with myths too !
I've searched around the forum, but did not find a thread about all the myths concerning tarantulas in captivity....
So i'd like to begin an intersting thread about this.
It would be cool to have nice discuss and no aggression, because it seems some myths are hard to be against...
So if you've experienced some particular things with success that "everyone" say it's not good, please, share it with us!
The first I want to give my opinion about is the classical "A spiderling can not find its food in a too big enclosure".
With my first tarantulas, I used to respect this fact! Small spider = small enclosure.
But I've tried to put spiderlings in bigger containers than a ridiculous sized box, and nothing bad happened!
I first tried after I've seen EACH TIME my spiderlings walked all around their little enclosures all night long!
For example, here is the enclosure of my Ceratogyrus marshalli (spider is about 4cm legspan, it means it is smaller than the rock on the picture):
And here is the enclosure of my little Euathlus sp. red (spider is the same legspan as the waterdish) :
(Note the Hypoestes near the rock did not survive )
Another myth some people here have already destroyed is the add of stuff in the waterdish to avoid the drowning of the tarantula...
I've never seen a tarantula drowned in their waterdish...
Here are the 2 first "myths" I had to disagree with.
Of course, I an NOT a scientist, this is with my personal experience, and I DON'T pretend to own the ultimate truth!
I'm opened to discuss, and I'de really like to read your experience with myths too !