Would the Tarantula Keeper's Guide be worth getting?

[Arachnoclown]

It's basically not a bad book for general information in 1984. Except for the ICU nonsense and a few other species noted with the wrong husbandry its not too bad. Take it with a grain of salt though.

 

[Arachnoclown]

I vaguely remember having read it when I had it, and I think he mentioned that he thought the T. stirmi was more "forgiving" to keeper mistakes than the T. blondi and T. apophysis. Is that true?

No...they all need the same attention to moisture.

 

[tarantulas118]

I vaguely remember having read it when I had it, and I think he mentioned that he thought the T. stirmi was more "forgiving" to keeper mistakes than the T. blondi and T. apophysis. Is that true?

IMO and IME yes they are more forgiving than T. Blondi, in fact, I accidentally kept my stirmi more dry than he was supposed to, luckily someone pointed out my mistake and he was just fine until the cat got him and he died… but yeah these stirmis are way more forgiving than blondis although I don’t know about apophysis

 

[tarantulas118]

No...they all need the same attention to moisture.

Really? I heard that you can keep stirmis a little drier than blondis