How to Care for Jumping Spiders!

Today we cover everything you need to know about keeping Jumping Spiders as pets! From acquiring one, to housing, feeding, handling and more, this is a complete care guide!

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[SnakeDiscovery]

Correction- Sponges are not recommended for water dishes due to potential bacteria buildup. Thanks for the reminder, guys! I totally forgot about that! I'll correct myself in our upcoming tarantula video :)

[bari]

me: hates spiders
also me: "well that's it, I'm getting a jumping spider"

[christopherlau]

jumping spiders are basically the only spiders that don’t creep me out. They’re friend shaped

[nzog]

Fun fact: I lived in Japan for a summer. Jumping spiders were everywhere. At first they freaked me out. One day I was playing videogames. After about an hour I looked down to see a jumping spider just watching me play. He continued to watch the game for a good 10 minutes, intermitantly flitting around. Then he just wandered off.

They freaked me out a little less after that.

[decepticonpropaganda]

Fun encounter I’ve had with a bold jumping spider: We were playing with the cat with a laser pointer at the time, and noticed the spider on the ceiling— surprise surprise, the jumping spider was also very interested in the laser 😂 She chased it around for a good three minutes before getting bored and wandering off lol

[isabellefleszar]

Ah yes, my old arm shall be a fantastic addition to my house

[docmurph]

My wife: Why did you spend $45 on a cage and all this stuff to put in it?
Me: ...goes outside for 10 minutes and comes back in with a jumper the size of a pea
My wife: You've arranged all of this for a bug you found in the backyard?
Me: His name is Luca Brasi.

[bobwhite]

I remember I had one in my house, he lived behing my stereo tuner. I use to tap on the shelf and it would come running out because I would feed him a fly each time. He had the run of the house chasing down flies on the lamp shades, ... everywhere. He had no fear whatsoever of me and would jump on my hand and look at me. It astonished me that it was so smart as to recognize me as no threat and we roomed together for quite some time. One day he was just gone and I have to admit I was sorry for the absence as I regarded him with affection and fascination.

[foxxen]

My first encounter with a jumping spider blew my mind - as despite being such a tiny little thing, they could very clearly SEE me from a distance and understood I was another creature of some kind (they kept backing up behind an object to hide from me as I tried to get a better look) Stole my heart immediately <3

[MadHatta]

I had a cross orb weaver as a “pet.” She was a beautiful female named Judy. I sat on my porch at night and watched her build her web. I talked to her and she would moved around her front legs when she heard my voice. She made it so I am a lot less scared of bugs/invertebrates.

[sliceout]

Me: Not planning on getting a jumping spider.

Also me: Interesting

[eric]

There needs to be more videos like this for potentially phobia-inducing creatures! The comfort level she had with the spider was really wholesome!

[tomservo]

I had a jumper on my motorcycle dash where the windscreen bolts on a few weeks ago. It seemed to enjoy the ride, turning and staring at the large one eyed spider (me with helmet visor down) and then turning and watching the road ahead. An hour and half later when I got to my folks' farm it looked around and descended from it's silk safety line. Hope you enjoyed the ride and the country with plenty of things to catch and eat!

[cccccece]

i swear this woman has every pet there is and knows how to take care of them.

[jared]

The way a jumping spider looks around its environment and how aware it is show you the intelligence of these little spiders...

[scarletnight]

After encountering my first jumping spider, I instantly wanted to keep it. But i didn't know how, and put it back outside. Then I found your video! Just today I found a young jumping spider. i'm assuming it's a boy. I put him in a jar and looked up several videos to refresh my knowledge, and now I have a pet jumping spider! I named him Sailor. He's really liking his habbitat so far. I used a ball jar with one of those lids with very small holes in it so that there is air circulation. I put a piece of drift wood in for him to climb on, allong with a fake succulent. I used plant starter dirt stuff for the ground. Thank you so much for you video! Now I can say I have two goats, three cats, and a spider!! :D

[lilyanrs]

timestamps for myself!! :)
2:33 where to find them

3:18 enclosures

5:00 substrate

5:20 decorating

edit:
There’s a jumping spider that lives in my backyard! She’s not a baby though so I’ve decided to leave her be.

edit 2: I was at an event out of town and found a couple babies! Unfortunately I had nothing to keep them in so I had to leave them, but one of them jumped on my hand and chilled with me for a bit :))

[urlocalhimbomalique]

I swore I'd never get a pet spider but now I'm extremely tempted.

[nardosmekonnen]

I'm terrified of spiders
But the way she talks makes me feel like they're so sweet and cute
She just changes the way I see things
That's why I like her

[Prettydays_]

I found one of these little guys yesterday! If i'd seen this sooner i would've kept him. Super cutie, he had a heart shaped spot