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<blockquote data-quote="Stan Schultz" data-source="post: 145032" data-attributes="member: 28438"><p>To be clear about this, I am not advocating against keeping both living plants and living tarantulas at the same time. For something like 45 or 50 years I grew orchids and cacti at the same time that I kept, bred, and sold tarantulas. But the plants were kept under lights in the basement during cold weather and hanging from the eaves of my home during warm weather. And the tarantulas were kept, each in its cage, in a spare bedroom, and after a time our collection expanded into part of the kitchen! (Does this sound familiar, anyone?)</p><p></p><p>But the plants and the tarantulas were not kept together! Why? Because each of the two groups of organisms has a whole list of characteristics and requirements that are sub-optimal if not outright fatal for the other. In a parallel situation, think about how many houseplants have died in your own home and the homes of your friends, relatives and neighbors. Compare that to the few that have actually survived a full year on your windowsill or the coffee table, much less flourished. Generally, bringing a plant home is signing its death warrant! We (as mammals) and houseplants (geraniums, African violets, peace lilies, etc.) have vastly different requirements for survival. Cohabitation almost always results in either one or the other perishing, and in our world it's usually the plant that takes the hit.</p><p></p><p>In the world of the tarantula, because the tarantula costs more than the geranium, the tarantula is usually the one that suffers. (A little sarcasm there.)</p><p></p><p>Rather than spending a lot of time recapitulating what has been adequately covered at length elsewhere, I refer you to page 149 of <em>The Tarantula Keeper's Guide</em> (current edition, a.k.a., TKG3) under the heading of "Live Plants."</p><p></p><p>(My apologies for "blowing my own horn," but the information you seek was included in the book precisely to answer your question. I saw you coming a long time ago! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Incidentally, there's no need to buy a copy of the book, either. You can find a copy for free in most public libraries.)</p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stan Schultz, post: 145032, member: 28438"] To be clear about this, I am not advocating against keeping both living plants and living tarantulas at the same time. For something like 45 or 50 years I grew orchids and cacti at the same time that I kept, bred, and sold tarantulas. But the plants were kept under lights in the basement during cold weather and hanging from the eaves of my home during warm weather. And the tarantulas were kept, each in its cage, in a spare bedroom, and after a time our collection expanded into part of the kitchen! (Does this sound familiar, anyone?) But the plants and the tarantulas were not kept together! Why? Because each of the two groups of organisms has a whole list of characteristics and requirements that are sub-optimal if not outright fatal for the other. In a parallel situation, think about how many houseplants have died in your own home and the homes of your friends, relatives and neighbors. Compare that to the few that have actually survived a full year on your windowsill or the coffee table, much less flourished. Generally, bringing a plant home is signing its death warrant! We (as mammals) and houseplants (geraniums, African violets, peace lilies, etc.) have vastly different requirements for survival. Cohabitation almost always results in either one or the other perishing, and in our world it's usually the plant that takes the hit. In the world of the tarantula, because the tarantula costs more than the geranium, the tarantula is usually the one that suffers. (A little sarcasm there.) Rather than spending a lot of time recapitulating what has been adequately covered at length elsewhere, I refer you to page 149 of [I]The Tarantula Keeper's Guide[/I] (current edition, a.k.a., TKG3) under the heading of "Live Plants." (My apologies for "blowing my own horn," but the information you seek was included in the book precisely to answer your question. I saw you coming a long time ago! :D Incidentally, there's no need to buy a copy of the book, either. You can find a copy for free in most public libraries.) Cheers, [/QUOTE]
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