TOP 10 Mistakes Keeping Tarantulas & Spiders - DON'T DO THIS!

In this video I cover the Top 10 Mistakes in the tarantula hobby. These are mostly mistakes I made over the years as I progressed in the hobby. Hopefully you can learn from my mistakes and the mistakes of many others and give your tarantulas and other spiders the optimal conditions for a long and healthy life. This is the twenty ninth episode in a weekly series called Tarantula Tuesday. I will be highlighting one species each week covering basic information, husbandry and care. If you found this video helpful and/or entertaining, please hit the like button so new keepers can find this content further down the road. I have Tarantula Collective T-shirts, Stickers, Hoodies, and all kinds of different merch available for purchase...check the link out down below. The other links for items for sale on Amazon are affiliate links (as well as the Tarantula Collective storefront on Amazon), if you use, also help support this channel! Be sure to join our facebook group, The Tarantula Collective, to continue the conversation and follow @the_tarantula_collective on Instagram for daily pictures of tarantulas from my collection. 🖖💚🕷

00:00 Intro
01:07 #1 Sponge in Water Dish
02:04 #2 Misting Tarantulas
03:38 #3 Heat Lamps / Under Tank Heater
04:27 #4 Setting up enclosure in direct sunlight
05:45 #5 Ventilation
07:41 #6 Fine Mesh Lids
09:10 #7 Needs More Substrate
11:46 #8 Overfeeding
13:23 #9 Feeding during premolt
15:10 #10 Leave Your Tarantula Alone When Molting
16:15 Final Thoughts
17:43 Outro

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[abbymaebutler]

"The pet store knows best" dude I WORK at a pet store and IM watching YOUR video to learn more about them. We definitely dont require any formal training and I'm constantly hearing my coworkers tell people incorrect, easy to google information. Please do your own research always! Dont trust anybody that's trying to sell you something

[Agent-jmup]

I like how I’ve went from being scared of spiders to wanting a tarantula

[alyssadrewlo]

i have a tarantula in my room and i love her but if i see a spider in my damn room i’m running and calling someone to get it tf out of my house like no

[EmilyNail]

I love this. I appreciate the encouraging tone of this. There are so many people who shame people for making mistakes or not knowing better, but you are so encouraging. My first tarantula was a rose hair too, and I made so many of these mistakes!

[darynjsmith]

I'm doing my homework still before I get my first tarantula

[EezeeListen]

Makes me laugh when they say about a sponge in the water - where the heck does a sponge appear in the natural habitat, does the tarantula plod through the jungle to a store and buy one!

[kaelplatt]

I've wanted a tarantula for 16 years and I finally am getting one this week 💙 thank you for making this video!!

[heatherbryson]

I really wish you and Exotics and all the more experienced keepers had been around 20 years ago. My poor G rosea put up with A LOT from a VERY inexperienced keeper. I thought she had died when I saw her molt the first time. Sponges - yep, I did that. Her substrate was literally pebbles and her enclosure was for a reptile. I just lost her to old age at 20 years old. Next time I am ready to take on another T, thanks to y'all's Youtube channels, my new T will have it much, much easier.

[ElectrizzoMadLad]

Just got my first Tarantula today, and I am very glad to have discovered your channel. Keep up the great work mate

[tbd]

i used to keep tarantulas back in the day, and im getting back into after nearly 12 years. i can say without a doubt that i needlessly lost several of them due to some of these mistakes, and the husbandry has changed a lot over the past 12 years and for the better. videos like this are a huge help to new, experienced, and returning keepers. and i love the "and in 10 or 20 years from now we will be doing something different, so dont feel bad, just adapt" portion at the end. this is so true. keep up the good work!

[Vailwolf]

I don't own spiders. I don't really like spiders. But I watch spider videos for some reason. Today I learned it's not good to let a tarantula become Chonk.

[deavve]

I'm just starting with keeping tarantulas. Fortunately I haven't made any of this mistakes and my 6 babies are doing great, but I think that your video could be really helpful for beginners!

[zeusescoven]

Best video I’ve seen on tarantulas, this guy is so underrated.

[julietcooley]

I'm so glad I watched this, I didn't know about the mesh being a potential danger. I'm getting my first tarantula in a few weeks, a curly toe, and I want to make sure they live a happy and healthy life.

[JustJess]

Me watching tarantula videos: aw she's so cute!

Saw a little spider in my room: CALL 911

[kuceracm]

I found that its helpful to microwave whatever substrate you use for about two minutes on high. It's the equivalent of putting the substrate through an autoclave. Great way to sterilize your substrate and prevent mold, mites, etc.

[NoG-Inc.]

Underestimating the speed of old world Tarantulas and being at there mercy to go back into their enclosures :) lol

[TheySeeOceans]

Oo I immediately threw my sponge away whenever you said it was a no-no

[orangelemonade]

5:47 I love that “and they are not widely expected as pets, AT LEAST YET” 😄