By: Stephen, Jordan, Sydney, Austin, and Maggie

Information Found North America,

S. America Europe Australia

800 species

Pet Tarantulas Noiseless

Docile

Very little space

Easy to care for

Pet stores

Supplies Five or ten gallon screen

top terrarium

1 to 3 inches of sterilized potting soil

A hide area

shallow water dish

Heating pad

Gut loaded crickets

Food and diet Diet of insects

Cricket

One or two cricket to be fed to them per week

Gut loaded

Do not have to worry about over feeding

Cage and Habitat Fish tank or terrarium

locking mesh screen top

Don’t need a lot of space

A heating pad 70 to 80 degrees

No lighting

Handling Very careful

Better off not being held

Pick up between the second and third pair of legs

Gently nudge it in to your hand

Molting A process tarantulas go

through as they grow

Shed their old skin

Refuse to eat

Bald spot