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Housing
So you need to find out what hous your tarantula will need eh?
Depending on the species you have quite a few choices.
Spiderlings, depending on size can live in, baby food jars, film canisters, deli cups,small tupperware containers, jars, or plastic cool whip like containers. Most spiders you see on web pages will be an inch and a half or smaller. So a huge 10 gallon aquarium is just, a waste of space, and a deathtrap.
First of all, Spiderlings need to eat, in a large aquarium, he may not find the food you give him, second of all, spiderlings need humidity, and lots of it. In a small aquarium, you can control the humidity better, and in a 10 gallon aquarium, the water evaporates faster, leaving your spiderlings, all dried up.
Adult spiders also have a wide variety of cage options. Basically any container that is big enough, can be heated, and holds moisture is suitible. Here are some of the most common houses for tarantulas on the market today
Aquariums: made with glass, see through, and easy to clean are all plusses to choosing an aquarium. They can be heated, they hold moisture, and cannot be chewed threw. Draw backs are... these cages take up alot of room. If you plan on collecting multiple tarantulas, you may not have enough room for 15 10 gallon tanks.
Sweater Boxes: (rubbermade) Made with a tough nontoxic semi see through, or see through plastic, these tanks are great for the serious tarantula keeper. They don't take up much space, and are inexpensive. The only drawbacks for this acge are... plastic, these cages can be hard to heat, as most heat pads cannot be used on plastic, so a heated closet/cabinet is usually needed. These are not usually good for veiwing. Most of the time you cannot see your pet, unless you take off the lid, which means with agresive species, a cloud of hairs, and a hissing noise.
Plastic Aquariums: These are usually as expensive, if not more expensive than tanks. They scratch easily, can only be used with heat pads designed for them, and they are usually small. Some good things are they are good for transport, good for young/spiderling tarantulas, and have vents on the cover, which means great ventilation.
Other cages can be used that are not listed, remember they must be...
Big enough
Have ventilation
Be able to be heated
And be the right size horizontily and verticaly(depending on if your tarantula is aboreal or a burrower)
Home Sweet Home
Tarantulas require little space, and not much decoration, but if you want to give your tarantulas' cage the look of what it's home in nature would look like, feel free to do so. But dont overdo it!
Tarantulas from the scrublands, and temperate lands need a different habitat than ones that live in the tropics/subtropics.
Some of the things you could add to a scrubland cage are...
Some cork bark shelters, fake plants, and a couple of smooth rocks.
Subsrate for these cages should be a 50/50 of peat and vermilicute. This will hold moisture, but can also stay on the drier side for scrubland species.
As for tropical species, some decorations could be...
Fake or live plants(nontoxic), cork bark trees, and reatreats, vines,and other tropical looking things that are safe, and can benefit your spider in some way.
Subsrate for these cages can be a 50/50 peat and potting soil, or 50% soil, 20%peat and 30% vermilicute. This mixture will hold moisture will, and should help live plants grow.
Remember, change the subsrate when you smell an odor, see mold/fungus, or when you suspect your tarantula has mites.
For more info on decor click the web at the top of the page to go to caresheets page 1
Food-Feeding
No tarantulas can't go to Mc.Donalds. So you have to feed them. All tarantulas have different personalities, and like humans have favorite foods. The are just some types of food tarantulas eat. Your pet may not like some of these. That's ok, but find out what your pet does like. Does he prefer pinkies more than crickets? Or the opposite. This section will just suggest foods, and how to feed them. To find out details see care sheets.. 
click on the picture for CARESHEETS.
Some of the most common foods fed to tarantulas today are...
Crickets, roaches, pinkies(baby mice), fuzzy mice, lizards, meal-worms,and super-worms
Each one is a good diet, but you should vary the diet your tarantula has. In the wild, a tarantula wouldn't eat crickets every day. And eating fuzzy mice, and pinkies all the time isn't healthy either.
When you feed your tarantula crickets, cut of their forelegs, so the soider has an esier time catching them.
When fuzzy feeding mice, make sure they are pre-killed. A live fuzzy mouse can defend itself and injure your pet.
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