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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndrewClayton" data-source="post: 243152" data-attributes="member: 28745">The fact that it was just roaming around you're kitchen makes me think that's a mature male, get some close up photos of the pedipalps and front 2 legs, if it has bulbous tips of the pedipalps and tiny hook like structure on the underside of the 1st joint on the front 2 legs it is mature male and best course of action is to release it, they have one goal in life and that's to breed.If it turns out not to be male or mature yet yet then, it will need a lot more substrate, it should have 1.5x it's leg span in space from surface of soil to the ceiling of enclosure. I can't tell from those photos but it does look like some sort of Aphonopelma sp, and since you found it local to you're area then it should be absolutely fine at whatever temps you're home is at if it's warmer than outside. Don't feed as often, when babies it's perfectly fine to feed constantly to help them grow, but as they grow you should dial back on feeding, feed a few crickets every other week, they have incredibly slow metabolism, some species commonly go a whole year without eating, I have a lasiodora parahybana just now that hasn't ate in around 6 months now. You want thier abdomen to be roughly 1.5 times the size of the carapace, if they get to big it can cause them issues and is also a hazard if they fall, plenty have died from falls and ruptured abdomen. Put a water dish in, they can't drown and will drink straight from the water, do not use any sort of bug gel or anything, a little tub of some sort and fill it with water, that's it. As for where to keep it, Somewhere out the road of other pets especially cats, they are apex predators and will find a way to kill it.</blockquote>

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