Hello everyone,
First of all let me introduce myself, My name is Tomas, I'm originally from the West Midlands but now I live in Helsinki, Finland. I'm a long time listener first time caller, I have been interested in keeping tarantula's for a very long time but always had the fears of other room mates, flat mates, preventing it.
Now things are different!
I'm quite aware that my choice of spider doesnt really fall under the category of recommended firsts but after many weeks spent searching for fairly priced specimens from breeders with good reputation I opted to buy the tarantula which has always enchanted me and for a very fair price. Originally I wanted to buy from Virginia Cheeseman, I've been looking at her website for the past two years on and off but sadly her 'send spiders to europe' plan hasnt really worked out.
I have a 4-5cm (approx 2inch) A geniculata on the way and I have a few questions.
The breeder I am buying from is currently keeping the genic in an enclosure the size of a medium margerine tub. I have done alot of reading the past week and there are many conflicting views on enclosure size. Would a 12/12/12 inch tank be over kill? I had debated wether to leave the spider in the margerine tub but the material is not transparent, making the spider a tad difficult to monitor, so a change of tank, even if bigger is not better, is inevitable.
My second question would be regarding heat mats, if the best enclosure for a juvenile this size is roughly the size of margerine tub then does one just place the enclosure over a small section of the smallest mat available? leaving plenty of room for colder spots in the substrate should burrowing be desired?
Further more, I have no desire to handle tarantula's, I have read far too many bad things about handling tarantula's, my number one factor is the well being of my spider, I do not want to put it in the position where it can be injured in any way.
Any help or guidance on this particular T would be very gratefully received. Any thoughts, experienced view and storys about genics too.
Thankyou very much for reading.
Best regards
Tomas Whitehouse
First of all let me introduce myself, My name is Tomas, I'm originally from the West Midlands but now I live in Helsinki, Finland. I'm a long time listener first time caller, I have been interested in keeping tarantula's for a very long time but always had the fears of other room mates, flat mates, preventing it.
Now things are different!
I'm quite aware that my choice of spider doesnt really fall under the category of recommended firsts but after many weeks spent searching for fairly priced specimens from breeders with good reputation I opted to buy the tarantula which has always enchanted me and for a very fair price. Originally I wanted to buy from Virginia Cheeseman, I've been looking at her website for the past two years on and off but sadly her 'send spiders to europe' plan hasnt really worked out.
I have a 4-5cm (approx 2inch) A geniculata on the way and I have a few questions.
The breeder I am buying from is currently keeping the genic in an enclosure the size of a medium margerine tub. I have done alot of reading the past week and there are many conflicting views on enclosure size. Would a 12/12/12 inch tank be over kill? I had debated wether to leave the spider in the margerine tub but the material is not transparent, making the spider a tad difficult to monitor, so a change of tank, even if bigger is not better, is inevitable.
My second question would be regarding heat mats, if the best enclosure for a juvenile this size is roughly the size of margerine tub then does one just place the enclosure over a small section of the smallest mat available? leaving plenty of room for colder spots in the substrate should burrowing be desired?
Further more, I have no desire to handle tarantula's, I have read far too many bad things about handling tarantula's, my number one factor is the well being of my spider, I do not want to put it in the position where it can be injured in any way.
Any help or guidance on this particular T would be very gratefully received. Any thoughts, experienced view and storys about genics too.
Thankyou very much for reading.
Best regards
Tomas Whitehouse
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