My friend suprised me with a tarantual today as I‘ve always wanted one but I have no idea what to put in it‘s tank.All I know is to feed it 2 crickets a day and to wear goggles for the first week of having it incase it‘s nervous and spits hairs. That‘s all I‘ve been told.So I could do with advice on what to put in the tank and any other useful info about tarantulas i‘ll need to know.
I use organic top soil for substrate. Some of mine hide on a piece of pipe, broken flower pot, or whatever i had lying around when i set up the cage. I take the hide out of the burrowing species cage once they dig their burrow so it is easier to spot uneaten prey. I feed mostly roaches, but every once in a while get crickets for variety. If you decide to breed your own food i recommend Dubai roaches. They don't stink, can't climb smooth surfaces or fly, and have live birth (no work for you). I feed my Ts an appropriate size insect once a week. Not all tarantulas kick hairs. Chances are you got a rose hair (they do kick). I believe it is new world Ts that kick hairs, and old world don't. However the ones without the hairs tend to be very aggressive. I can hold my red hair and pinktoe. The baboons and cobalt are mean as all get out. I don't provide a water dish for my T's. The ones that like humidity get misted 1-2x a week. The others get all the necessary water from their food. Make sure any feeder insects are gut loaded, butcalciumm and vitamin dusting isunnecessaryy. They pretty much suck the juices out and leave the shell so they won't benifit from it anyway
