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<blockquote data-quote="Stan Schultz" data-source="post: 226229" data-attributes="member: 28438"><p>Stop! Stop! Stop! You admitted in the beginning that you're new to the hobby, right? For the first year, while you're completely inexperienced, go with the tried and true, docile, hardy, easy-to-care-for kinds. Especially, don't get any kinds that have a serious bite.</p><p></p><p>Take it easy! If this hobby works for you, you're gonna have it for years if not decades. You have lots of time to gradually sample everything. Don't try to eat the whole cake all at once! Slow down, learn, and enjoy what you're doing.</p><p></p><p>Further, caged tarantulas often do not use a burrow. And very few tarantula kinds even need a burrow in captivity. In fact, if your tarantula does use one, it's hard for you to keep track of what it's doing and how it looks, important considerations for hints of what you need to do as you learn to care for these amazing creatures.</p><p></p><p>Another important lesson you need to learn: A jungle tarantula does not necessarily need to live in a jungle! In fact, there is ample evidence that a jungle tarantula only lives there by pure chance. It manages to survive there <strong>IN SPITE OF</strong> the jungle! The same is true of those tarantulas that live in the frosty valleys and mountain sides of the Peruvian Andes, the blast furnace heat of North Africa, and the dry deserts of the American southwest. You're keeping your tarantula in an artificial environment. Accept that fact and pay attention to how-not-to-kill-your-tarantula!</p><p></p><p>And, almost all that decorative "stuff" (insert any expletive that suits you) that people put in their tarantulas' cages does absolutely nothing for the spider. It's just something else that it has to clamber over to find its food. And, it's just another place for dead crickets to accumulate and make the cage stink. One or two (at most) carefully chosen and placed, small ornaments or decorations will do the job of dressing up the cage without annoying or endangering your newfound little buddy!</p><p></p><p>Lastly, go to your friendly neighborhood library and check out a copy of <a href="http://werunique.us/schultz/spiders.html" target="_blank"><strong><em><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)">The Tarantula Keeper's Guide</span></em><span style="color: rgb(85, 57, 130)"> (TKG3)</span></strong></a>. Don't try reading it all in one sitting. It's 376 pages of tarantula stuff and doing so has been known to cause brain damage! Instead, thumb through it. Look at the pictures. Read the captions. Read a few paragraphs that catch your attention. Set the book aside for a day or two, then go back and read a little more. Repeat as necessary.</p><p></p><p>TKG3 is now out of print, although I've been told that it's available as eBooks from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You probably won't find it in bookstores or pet shops anymore, but a few copies appear from time to time on eBay and various Internet used books stores. But, be prepared - they're pricey!</p><p></p><p>Best of luck to you and your fuzzy, little, long-legged buddy!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Stan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stan Schultz, post: 226229, member: 28438"] Stop! Stop! Stop! You admitted in the beginning that you're new to the hobby, right? For the first year, while you're completely inexperienced, go with the tried and true, docile, hardy, easy-to-care-for kinds. Especially, don't get any kinds that have a serious bite. Take it easy! If this hobby works for you, you're gonna have it for years if not decades. You have lots of time to gradually sample everything. Don't try to eat the whole cake all at once! Slow down, learn, and enjoy what you're doing. Further, caged tarantulas often do not use a burrow. And very few tarantula kinds even need a burrow in captivity. In fact, if your tarantula does use one, it's hard for you to keep track of what it's doing and how it looks, important considerations for hints of what you need to do as you learn to care for these amazing creatures. Another important lesson you need to learn: A jungle tarantula does not necessarily need to live in a jungle! In fact, there is ample evidence that a jungle tarantula only lives there by pure chance. It manages to survive there [B]IN SPITE OF[/B] the jungle! The same is true of those tarantulas that live in the frosty valleys and mountain sides of the Peruvian Andes, the blast furnace heat of North Africa, and the dry deserts of the American southwest. You're keeping your tarantula in an artificial environment. Accept that fact and pay attention to how-not-to-kill-your-tarantula! And, almost all that decorative "stuff" (insert any expletive that suits you) that people put in their tarantulas' cages does absolutely nothing for the spider. It's just something else that it has to clamber over to find its food. And, it's just another place for dead crickets to accumulate and make the cage stink. One or two (at most) carefully chosen and placed, small ornaments or decorations will do the job of dressing up the cage without annoying or endangering your newfound little buddy! Lastly, go to your friendly neighborhood library and check out a copy of [URL='http://werunique.us/schultz/spiders.html'][B][I][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)]The Tarantula Keeper's Guide[/COLOR][/I][COLOR=rgb(85, 57, 130)] (TKG3)[/COLOR][/B][/URL]. Don't try reading it all in one sitting. It's 376 pages of tarantula stuff and doing so has been known to cause brain damage! Instead, thumb through it. Look at the pictures. Read the captions. Read a few paragraphs that catch your attention. Set the book aside for a day or two, then go back and read a little more. Repeat as necessary. TKG3 is now out of print, although I've been told that it's available as eBooks from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. You probably won't find it in bookstores or pet shops anymore, but a few copies appear from time to time on eBay and various Internet used books stores. But, be prepared - they're pricey! Best of luck to you and your fuzzy, little, long-legged buddy! Stan [/QUOTE]
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