Anonymous
I'm thinking about getting a tarantula. However, I have never had one before, and I would like to know what to look out for.

So tarantula owners, give me your knowledge, and tell me a little about your little eight legged friends.

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>> Anonymous
What kind are you thinking of getting?
>> Anonymous
arachnoboards.com has a lot of useful information
Big Question, old world or new world. If you're just going to your local pet store you will most likely only find chilean rose(pet rock with psychotic tendancies) costa rican zebra(pet rockish, but might kick some hairs), pinktoe(aboreal but skittish), or a sonofabitch old world cobalt blue.

my recomendation is research a specific species to know what it specifically needs and another option is getting a spiderling from an online dealer like botar or kelly swift
>> Soup Nazi
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I was very close to buying this very sweet bird eating spider at our local pet store. Unfortunately, I had to consider feeding costs. Buying a parakeet or a finch every week to every few weeks would be quiet expensive. I prefer my animals eating their natural prey, so birds would be the obvious choice for these big beauties. As well as it was up to $200 for it, and my pocket change was on the slim side. Quite a pity though.
>> Anonymous
>>151289

Um, no. Contrary to popular belief, bird-eating spiders don't normally hunt or eat birds, and you can feed them a steady diet of crickets and the occasional feeder mice.
>> Soup Nazi
No, Goliath Bird eating spiders are very well known to eat young birds still in their nest. However, they do eat a variety of other small mammals/reptiles, so yes, it would be cost effective to buy regular feeder mice for it. However, Crickets would not even provide a sustainable diet for these very large spiders, unless you plan on buying a very young spider. In fact, those crickets are more likely to damage the spider.
>> Anonymous
this is 151121
dumbasses, a T. blodni(goliath bird eather)
would only suffer if you fed it feeder mice for every meal..its not a snake its a spider. They eat crickets or locust, avoid things you find outside as they have insecticides(sp?) that the spider has never encountered and will very likely suffer from...
next note, the calcium in a purely vertabrate diet will cause serious molt issues for any spider especially a big one with enough husbandry issues as a t. blondi
>> Anonymous
>>151502

So? pigs are known to kill and devour human children. Does it mean I should feed Porky a steady supply of toddlers?

You've obviously never kept one. Once you see what lazy fucks they are, you'll begin to see the logic of feeding it crickets.
>> Anonymous
>>151824
I bet toddler fed pig would make the bestest bacon ever! do it!
>> Anonymous
Protip - if you have to feed crickets to a lazy bum of a critter, just break the crickets' jumping legs. Makes them real easy to pick up and eat,
>> Anonymous
>>151838

I don't know. Ever heard of a certain breed of pig in Korea that's raised entirely on human feces? Apparently it's tasty, but I still balk at the idea of going near them.