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<blockquote data-quote="JenosaurusRex" data-source="post: 31201" data-attributes="member: 3256"><p>Hello everyone! My name is Jen, and I'm finally getting into tarantulas after wanting them for years. I've wanted a tarantula since I was in high school, but my parents said absolutely not. Then my husband has always been adamantly against having spiders as pets, but he then surprised me about a couple weeks ago by ordering my first two tarantulas ever! A Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens and a Grammostola rosea. The GBB is arriving tomorrow and despite a lot of research, I'm feeling totally unprepared. I think I have the enclosure down after some research, so I'm feeling good about that. My biggest question....what to feed. Both of the ones he bought me are adult females (he chose females as they live longer and he knows I get attached to pets), and I'm somewhat unclear about prey size and what is actually good for them. What I have readily available are superworms, crickets, and mealworms from my local Petco. My original plan was to feed them gut loaded crickets but, I've read that dubai are better. So, I've looked into starting a colony for my girls, but I'm worried about having way too many of them since I only have a "collection" of two, and no other reptiles or anything to eat them.</p><p></p><p>Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! </p><p></p><p>And a little about me. I'll be 25 this month, I'm married, a nurse (studying to be an NP), and I love animals! My pets are my life and I love to spoil them! I have a dachshund, 3 cats, 8 snakes, 4 hamsters (they're pets, not snake food), several fish tanks, and now finally the proud owner of two Ts! </p><p></p><p>I'm really excited to be a part of this community!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JenosaurusRex, post: 31201, member: 3256"] Hello everyone! My name is Jen, and I'm finally getting into tarantulas after wanting them for years. I've wanted a tarantula since I was in high school, but my parents said absolutely not. Then my husband has always been adamantly against having spiders as pets, but he then surprised me about a couple weeks ago by ordering my first two tarantulas ever! A Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens and a Grammostola rosea. The GBB is arriving tomorrow and despite a lot of research, I'm feeling totally unprepared. I think I have the enclosure down after some research, so I'm feeling good about that. My biggest question....what to feed. Both of the ones he bought me are adult females (he chose females as they live longer and he knows I get attached to pets), and I'm somewhat unclear about prey size and what is actually good for them. What I have readily available are superworms, crickets, and mealworms from my local Petco. My original plan was to feed them gut loaded crickets but, I've read that dubai are better. So, I've looked into starting a colony for my girls, but I'm worried about having way too many of them since I only have a "collection" of two, and no other reptiles or anything to eat them. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated! And a little about me. I'll be 25 this month, I'm married, a nurse (studying to be an NP), and I love animals! My pets are my life and I love to spoil them! I have a dachshund, 3 cats, 8 snakes, 4 hamsters (they're pets, not snake food), several fish tanks, and now finally the proud owner of two Ts! I'm really excited to be a part of this community! [/QUOTE]
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