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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Butcher777" data-source="post: 219581" data-attributes="member: 39394">I am new to Tarantula Husbandry.  This all started with a trip to the Jersey Shore with the grand kids a few years back.  All three wanted a hermit crab.  They couldn't take them home on the plane, so grandpop gets to crab sit for a few years.  The crabs lasted for 3 years .  Now I have a nice empty terrarium.  I looked at reptiles but I saw a picture of a Mexican red knee and the wheels started turning.  I read a lot the past few weeks and settled on two. A GBB and a Lasiodora Parahybana.  Both 1/2-3/4 slings., ordered from Jamie's along with some B lateralis feeders. i'm not going to use the terrarium as a primary enclosure but as a nursery that I can maintain control of humidity and temp.  It's a pretty big unit 18"x18"x20" and I'm able to get several sling or even the 4x4x6 enclosures inside comfortably.  The terrarium has a heating mat on the side,I can seal it up or open it up to manage humidity and it has double front opening doors so access is great. I am 71 and recovering from a stroke in 2012 that resulted in me being left side weak.  My left arm and hand can't do much but  I get by with one functional arm.  Getting this all set up will be a challenge but i have a son who is a middle school science teacher and he is just excited as I am.  Wife not so much.</blockquote>