In my web journey to find information about the Chile Rose,as a species, i have found something that bothers me...
It soon becomes apparent that...
1. The Chile rose makes burrows
2. The Chile rose never makes burrows
3. The Chile rose needs a humidity of 65%
4. The Chile rose doesnt need any humidty
5. The Chile rose needs feeding 2/4/6/8 crickets per week/month/year etc..
6. The Chile rose walks for miles at night
7. The Chile rose hardly ventures far from wherever it lives
8. The Chile rose needs heat of 70+degrees F
9. The Chile rose can tolerate sub-zero temp
10.The Chile rose never lays a web
11. The Chile rose never comes out in daylight
Etc...etc...etc...etc...
You get the point im trying to make here..
Now, the majority of this information came from dedicated pet shops / online Tarantula dealers / pet shop care sheets
A very small percentage came from other Tarantula board 'experts'
This board has 'real' Tarantula keepers...
This board doesnt claim to be the definitive guide..
But this whole subject matter on the diversity of the information thats available, surely needs addressing...
Its occuring to me that each spider has very base needs that it needs to survive...a kind of general rule for the particular species..
Because after that, it appears 'anything goes'
I made a whole load of mistakes, all due to reading these 'care sheets'...
Why shouldnt i trust them..They are the 'experts' right..???
I had my Tarantula in a tank far too big for it...Thanks to one sheet..
My Tarantula didnt like 'brown' crickets...For 10 months, it didnt eat..
I changed to 'black' and its eaten 4 this week...as it would in the wild...
This board was created for Tarantula owners, so people can get advice, and a general meeting place. It now has a duty to ensure that the correct advice is being given. It needs to collate the information from its members to make its 'own' care sheets...
I have had some excellent advice from this board... and from a dealer who actually watches and observes his stock...
He showed me some Chile rose T's that he had...
And this is what he said...
" Look at this Chile rose...Its normally a calm species...Here's a nice, calm one...and now look at this other Chile rose...Its psychopathic"
I swear..This 'aggresive' adult Chile rose was practically in the raised 'threatening' position for a long as we were in the room...
People think they have poor eyesight..not this one...
He opened the lid and put in the tweezers...and it instantly attacked..
So i have decided that three quarters of advice from certain care sheets, is total garbage and i'd be better off going it alone...and stick to this board for any advice i need...
You can see my point tho'...( i hope )
DB
It soon becomes apparent that...
1. The Chile rose makes burrows
2. The Chile rose never makes burrows
3. The Chile rose needs a humidity of 65%
4. The Chile rose doesnt need any humidty
5. The Chile rose needs feeding 2/4/6/8 crickets per week/month/year etc..
6. The Chile rose walks for miles at night
7. The Chile rose hardly ventures far from wherever it lives
8. The Chile rose needs heat of 70+degrees F
9. The Chile rose can tolerate sub-zero temp
10.The Chile rose never lays a web
11. The Chile rose never comes out in daylight
Etc...etc...etc...etc...
You get the point im trying to make here..
Now, the majority of this information came from dedicated pet shops / online Tarantula dealers / pet shop care sheets
A very small percentage came from other Tarantula board 'experts'
This board has 'real' Tarantula keepers...
This board doesnt claim to be the definitive guide..
But this whole subject matter on the diversity of the information thats available, surely needs addressing...
Its occuring to me that each spider has very base needs that it needs to survive...a kind of general rule for the particular species..
Because after that, it appears 'anything goes'
I made a whole load of mistakes, all due to reading these 'care sheets'...
Why shouldnt i trust them..They are the 'experts' right..???
I had my Tarantula in a tank far too big for it...Thanks to one sheet..
My Tarantula didnt like 'brown' crickets...For 10 months, it didnt eat..
I changed to 'black' and its eaten 4 this week...as it would in the wild...
This board was created for Tarantula owners, so people can get advice, and a general meeting place. It now has a duty to ensure that the correct advice is being given. It needs to collate the information from its members to make its 'own' care sheets...
I have had some excellent advice from this board... and from a dealer who actually watches and observes his stock...
He showed me some Chile rose T's that he had...
And this is what he said...
" Look at this Chile rose...Its normally a calm species...Here's a nice, calm one...and now look at this other Chile rose...Its psychopathic"
I swear..This 'aggresive' adult Chile rose was practically in the raised 'threatening' position for a long as we were in the room...
People think they have poor eyesight..not this one...
He opened the lid and put in the tweezers...and it instantly attacked..
So i have decided that three quarters of advice from certain care sheets, is total garbage and i'd be better off going it alone...and stick to this board for any advice i need...
You can see my point tho'...( i hope )
DB
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