Enclosure
Use a secure enclosure with ventilation holes smaller than the spider can pass through. Provide the correct substrate depth, a retreat and a water dish that can be serviced easily.
Temperature in a UK home
Check the actual room where the spider will live. If it stays inside the species range, additional enclosure heating is unnecessary. The Tarantula Den does not recommend heat mats on tarantula enclosures.
Feeding and water
Keep fresh water available and offer appropriately sized invertebrate prey. Use body condition and life stage to pace feeding, and remove uneaten live prey.
Have these ready
- Secure enclosure
- Correct substrate
- Retreat/cork
- Water dish
- Suitable prey
- Long tools
- Catch cup
- Species care page bookmarked