Hi Everyone

[Dave S]

I'm relatively new to owning a tarantula. Did a fair amount of online research and reading before I brought one home. Happy to find a forum for the little ones lol

 

[HungryGhost]

Welcome, what did you get?

 

[Prudance]

Hi Dave and welcome.

I'm also curious about what beauty you brought home. Would love to see a pic in the media gallery.

 

[Christell Erasmus]

Hi there
Welcome to the forum and the hobby. What tarantula did you get?

 

[Dave S]

Sorry for the lag in replying. Not trying to be rude. Work gets me tied up crazy hours lol
Anyway thanks for the warm welcome

I have a pink toe I got from pet co. Not sure He or She yet.
Beautiful little one though. I have the coconut husk type substrate built up about half the enclosure with a critter cave (wood) turned on end for a hiding place and a fake tree root thing I got from the fish section.
water bowl. temp and humidity gauge.
And crickets lol
It seems to be doing good as of right now Ate 1 moth the day I brought it home. About 5 crickets between yesterday and today.
enclosure is about 80 today 60% humidity.

I hope im on the right path with this, he/she is awesome.
Any advice you have on making his/her life a good one I'd be happy to try.

 

[HungryGhost]

Keep the humidity up in the 75%-85% range. You can wet the substrate to raise the humidity and provide a shallow water dish. Temps around 75-85 degrees should be fine.

 

[Dave S]

Keep the humidity up in the 75%-85% range. You can wet the substrate to raise the humidity and provide a shallow water dish. Temps around 75-85 degrees should be fine.

cool ill add a little more water to bring the humidity up. thanks.

how much do you usually feed one about my size. he/she is a bit smaller than a cigarette pack.

So far since sunday we've taken down 1 small moth. and Id say about 6 crickets.

I don't want to over feed. I read its possible to over feed a younger spider more so than an older one. im thinking this one is younger ( guessing by size)
thanks again for the help